As a new mother, I was given this book by a relative at a family function. After opening and reading it during a quiet moment while there, I was caught between laughter and horror (though I kept both reactions to myself) and quietly questioning the sanity of the person who gave it to us. When we got home, I shared this book with my husband, and then friends, who all had the exact same reaction. A very odd, disturbing tale of a mother who starts off fairly normal but slowly becomes the stalker of her own growing son (perhaps she was always doing this but ran out of outside targets? Hey, on that note, it never actually does mention what happened to the father...). I am at a loss as to how readers, and so many, are giving 5 stars to this paranoid, stifling tale but hey, to each his own? All I can say is that the day I find my MIL (a nice, sane lady BTW) climbing in our bedroom window to rock and cradle her son is the day I run off to call 911.