I can not believe that a brilliant individual would write such a nauseating, heart wrenching, terrible book. Our book club chose this book-only two of us suffered enough to finish it. After which we all put the book in the trash, where it belongs. It would be nice to read something that Ms. Roy wrote that wasn't filled with all the horrible things of this world-all which happen to be in the same book. USE YOUR BRILLIANT MIND TO WRITE SOMETHING WORTH READING Ms. Roy!