The focus of this memoir was self discovery and finding the "truth" in the stories that make us. The author is growing as a person in all these complex ways throughout the book. You can tell where she is struggling, where she succeeds, and where she learns. I will say that the author is extremely self aware. Just as you're reading her story about something that she did or said that makes you, as a reader, cringe, the next chapter or page reflects back and analyzes where she went wrong.

Theresa Okokon and I could not be more opposite in the circumstances that brought us to be. Yet, I found so much to relate to her on and also found my eyes opened to how someone different from me may perceive and view actions/events.

The book jumped around in terms of timeline, and organized itself more through categories and relating events/thoughts. I really liked this aspect, due to the fact that there were two main themes (finding herself/truth, her father's death/murder), neither really being big enough to focus on for the entirety of the book, but both equally enlightening/entertaining. The author has a great writing style, and an enlightening story to tell.