When I started reading this book, I had no idea it was a memoir. It read like fiction!  With a lot of memoirs, I appreciate the life story but sometimes the writing is just not very strong but NOT the case with this one. The writing is superb and I got sucked into the story. We are brought back to the 1950s and get to experience life for Wolff as a 10 year old moving to the Pacific Northwest with his mother. There are definitely challenges but also a sense of resilience as well. Very much looking forward to watching the movie adaptation.