The first few chapters were infused with sadness; hopelessness and heartache. Evie's home was described so well that you could "see" the chaos around her.Evie's mother deserted the family when she was 5 years old, just after the birth of her sister, Joanna. Now Evie finds herself unraveling and adrift when her own son is born.Reaching out eventually to an unexpected source of help, Evie slowly finds things starting to make sense and gains an understanding and answers to her "why" questions/thoughts with both her mother and stepmother and perhaps discovering a way back to healing these two relationships. Along the way she gains insight into her own life; her relationship with her son and her partner, Mark.This is an intimate look at post-partum psychosis and also a spotlight on mothers and daughters and their complex relationships, whether created by blood or marriage.Out of the five "main characters" not all of them managed to mend their broken relationships or resolved issues from their pasts. Some decided to keep some secrets buried - maybe misguided, but I felt within good reason.Ultimately this has been Evie's story, her journey to becoming whole and finding her place where love should be.A beautiful, touching read for me. Not all the loose strings were neatly tied up by the end, but that didn't bother me - I actually felt that some of them especially with regards to Joanna were fair and she possibly deserved them?