Perhaps this isn't the right time to read this book!! Every family has a form of dysfunction, every family has its share of problems, not all families come around, not all families heal and love each other again. This book starts out being very dysfunctional and I'm quite sure by the end of the novel, all is resolved, all is well. For me, at this particular moment in time, I don't have the patience to find out. I don't have the patience to get through 141 chapters of I hate her, I eventually will acknowledge her. While I haven't read anything before by Holly Chamberlin, I'd be willing to give her another opportunity to show me her talent, but the next book would definitely have to have less chapters...that's for sure! Needless to say, I didn't finish reading! Two stars for effort.