Honestly I probably wouldn't have picked this up if I knew more about what it was about - but I am glad I read it. I didn't know anything about the author or much about the book going in. I thought it was a book about the author's mother, but it's more a book about the author and the author's relationship with her mother. It's all very personal and mostly about taking care of someone terminally ill and the ugly side of grief. It's plainspoken and feels honest.