clevine 's review for:

3.5
emotional fast-paced

Complicated reactions to this. Clearly it’s a compelling and propulsive read (and listening to some of it adds to the ‘being in it’ sense).  
A lot of the reviews (most of them) deconstruct and analyze the brutal tell-all of growing up with her mother…and it does feel brutal in a very privileged way. I was more struck by the very difficult test MJF had and the fear surrounding her husband’s illness as she’s still a youngish mom w 3 teen/YA kids.