This book caused quite a discussion for our book club, I highly recommend it to other clubs.

It was easy to read, an important quality for our book club. With a social worker and a prosecutor in the group, the opinion of Jeanette Wall's mothering ability was discussed at length.

It was well written. I think anyone could relate to one of the themes in the book, familial love, devotion, alcoholism, neglect, poverty, overcoming challenges, dreams shattered.