I’m a bit late kicking this off - apologies. I very much enjoyed reading this novel (though it reads more like a memoir) but I’m not quite sure why I enjoyed it. I think she’s a very good writer, though the story was rather bleak. I didn’t like any of the characters but felt I recognised the personality types. I wanted more of the back story; why was the daughter quite so harsh towards her mother? I felt the Dad was the most fully sketched out character and I could squirm at his behaviour. It was a sparse novel that left me wanting more.
What did others make of it? Where did your sympathies lie?