this story takes place in two timelines. In the past we meet India, a lovestruck teenager with big dreams of college in NYC and becoming an actress. In the present, most of India’s dreams have come true - a successful career on Broadway and in the movies and two beautiful children. But when the press wants to cancel India for a movie that portrays adoption in a certain light, she gets forcibly outed as someone who has had many related experiences and perhaps understands the issue(s) more than anybody knows. I was absolutely riveted by both timelines. Laurie Frankel has such a talent for writing realistic fiction and complex relationships and dynamics. She also writes children without making them seem childish which I feel like adds so strongly to the story. Beyond just writing about families, this book does a great job showing how individuals have experiences that don’t fit into neat and tidy narratives and it’s wrong to try to tell someone their lived experience isn’t valid just because it doesn’t fit popular or common narrative(s) around an issue. It also highlights the importance of making sure diverse stories get told.