14 women reviewed this book. On a scale of 1 to 5 - 5 being high - no one rated it lower than a 4. It recieved an overall rating of 4.14. I do not like to "recap" the events of a book as I think that it takes away from the experience of reading it - so I will only comment on our impressions. We all agreed that it was difficult subject matter to read, but it generated excellent and thoughtful discussion using the readers guide questions. Overalll - despite the sadness that is generated by the disease, it was not a totally depressing book to read. The viewpoint from Alice made some of us rethink our positions on how it might be to have those moments of lucidity amidst the larger periods of confusion and memory loss. We were also somewhat comforted by the love and support that she recieved from various people in her life. There were some of us that either read this book for the second time, or now want to re-read it to pick up on nuances that were missed the first time around. An excellent debut novel. We look forward to more from this author!

12 members met to discuss this book. It got an overall rating of 3.5 from our club. We all found that it was a fast easy read. While many of us felt frustrated at some of the plot, some of the members had interesting insights relative to God and Christianity as they related to those frustrations. I would recommend this to book clubs that have an open mind about Christianity. It has a strong Christian-based theme that might not be well-recieved by all clubs.

Our group found a lot to talk about after reading this book and it rated an average of 3.55 out of a scale of 5 with 10 reviewers.. One of the truly remarkable aspects is the age of the author!

Our club gave this book an overall rating of 3 out of 5 stars, but I personally enjoyed it a lot. The writing style is first person plural which most of our members had difficulty with because they couldn't connect with any of the characters, because there were not singular characters and no linear story line. I thought it was beautifully written and it garnered some intersting discussion from our members. After I finished this book, I read Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, which was a nice follow-on to this book and did have characters and a story line that people can connect with.

Our book club rated this 4 out of 5 stars with many members giving it 4.5. I was skeptical that it would spark good discussion, but we had very lively and interesting discussions about not only this story, but wars, soldiers, family in military service. Decision-making during war-time. Moral compass. It was a great book club pick.

Mourn club enjoyed both reading and discussing wonder. We had great discussions around being right versus being kind. We recommend this book to readers of all ages.

first Time our club has been so widely divided. People either lovedit or hated it. Great discussion book though, so it was one I recommend to other clubs.

Difficult to read. Not a linear story. Many characters. All that said, we had a great discussion - but the group largely did not enjoy reading this one, and several were unable to finishe despite it being under 250 pages. Not compelling enough to want to return to for many of us. Finding out that all of the Characters were in fact real people the author was surprising. As fiction - not a winner, but as non fiction tremendously interesting look at the caste and extreme poverty in India.

While the prose was sparse, the story was compelling. We loved the characters...all of them. Enjoyable read. Good discussion

So many topics to discuss with this book. It was the highest rated book we had read in 4 years. Difficult in part for some, wholly satisfying to all. Can't recommend I t highly enough

While the characters were not exactly lovable, the story was engaging and completely topical for today's headlines. Makes for great book club discussion about the plight of undocumented workers and families separated.

Our group was both stunned and horrified by this bit of history. Amazed that none of us were at all aware of any of this prior to this book being published. We learned a lot. It was a good discussion book.

I listed to this book on audible and thoroughly enjoyed it. You do have to suspend your belief in reality, but it is a super fun, super fast read with interesting characters. I was hooked from the beginning to the end.

I've listened to this audio book 3 times now. 3 times in as many months. I absolutely love it and will probably listen to it again. So many good themes in this book for discussion.