I absolutely love this book! I grew up with a mom who was bipolar and a brother who was almost my other half took his life! It just made me think so much of my life! The ending was beautiful! Just like my mom’s life and who knows maybe my brother’s!

Wally LAMB can write like the mastery writer imaginative and creative complex dynamic human experience can really be. He doesn’t hold back the ugliest the horrors or the abuses and oppressions that some are causing to others out of plain social status bigotry and ignorance but he can come to express the beauty the empathy the compassion and courage humanity can be as well

The authors writing style is authentic which made this book such an easy read and so enjoyable

Took me many many chapters to get into it. It was a very good book in the end.

Amazing storyteller. There were times I had to “rest” from reading this book but was quickly drawn back and anxious to continue. Interesting and multifaceted characters, a bit of history and heartfelt life lessons. It’s a long and sometimes painful story but well worth every moment and every page. At times had me wondering when it would end but was disappointed when it actually did. Highly recommend. I’ll read more of Wally Lambs books.

It took me a while to get into this book. It was one of those I picked up and put down quite a few times in the beginning, but when I finally settled into it, I couldn’t put it down. There’s a lot to be learned from this book, from our history.

I loved this book even more on my second reading! Wally Lamb is a very talented author!

It was worth every single page!

Amazing book. It took me a long time to get into it but the excellent writing and knowing it was my mother's favorite book kept me going back to it. It is an awesome story with complex and interesting characters. Recommend for all.

The only disappointment about this book is reaching the end. This is probably why I have read this book over and over again, along with another one of Lamb's, 'She's Come Undone'. Wally Lamb is one of my most favorite authors- I wish he would come out with a new novel! I have a hard copy of this book, and I had to have it in digital as well.