I have come to know that some of Oprah's book club selection can be disturbing, but as long as the story is good and moves, disturbing is okay, but this book....I always finish a book even if I'm not that thrilled with it, because I think you need to see it to the end, but about 2/3 through the book, I decided that there was no reason to put myself through such misery. None of the characters were really likeable and the story was just one negative plot after the other. The first 1/3 of the book was good, but then, it was pretty awful from then on. Don't bother, please don't bother!!!!