This nonfiction memoir was the authors true account of her childhood. She had a turbulent relationship with her mother who was often cruel to a fault.
I thought it was ok. It seemed to lack the depth I was looking for. And I never understood what exactly the family secret was. I wanted I don’t know…. Something more substantial.
I chose to listen to this book on audio and the author narrated this and did a good job.
Thanks Thread Books via Netgalley.

Found this book to be a bit of a mixed bag. On one hand I was interested and intrigued, enough to finish the book in a day. On the other I found it was slightly tedious. I would have liked there to have been a deeper exploration into the illness, prior to the end of the book. Also found the diary entries did not add much, did not help me learn anything more about the mother and were quite clunky. I understand this must have been horrific to deal with but it became such a pity party and at one point I found the author to be quite self entitled. I am glad that I read it but just wish I had learned more