Definitely a gripping read from the first page. I love that each chapter flowed from a different characters point of view with ease without taking away from the story, or becoming too redundant as this style of writing often does. There was not a passage I read where I felt it was not meaningful to the storyline of this book. There is a heavy focus on Brain (father and husband) and his illness in the beginning of the story. The author goes into detail about how it has shifted the family dynamic beautifully, however, I did feel like it was missing something when he passed away. I felt that there was such a buildup to his death and when it was time I was expecting more. It was one line, short and sweet and then went into the funeral preparations. Although morbid, I would have at least liked to know who found him, was it his caretaker, wife, one of his daughters? I feel that would have made more of an impact on the reader. Overall a quick easy read with an interesting and heart touching storyline with characters that are easy to love.