Perfect for an audio book—great character voices. Honestly I did enjoy the book in the end, but it’s also an example of why I struggle with fiction at times. The main character is basically a narcissist in the most passive aggressive, subtle version of narcissism that women tend to adopt…for the first 2/3 of the book anyway. Then she has these romanticized reflections and realizations that no narcissistic mother is ever going to have in real life. It’s interesting, an enjoyable read if you can suspend reality. My favorite dynamic in the book was her relationship with the DNA company customer service guy…but she again reveals her narcissism when she ends up causing him to lose his job and takes no accountability in that role, and he is honestly so enamored and manipulated by her that he also does not blame her whatsoever for it. The reader probably doesn’t either. The whole book is an example of her getting people who would otherwise not to be writing letters in this way, to communicate with her in the way she prefers. Everything centers around her and she’s oblivious to why the relationship with her daughter is so poor. But she’s fun, and she’s spicy, and we are intrigued, and that’s what makes her a perfect example of a narcissistic woman. It’s just that in real life, she would have never had the revelations and relationship repair that she has in the last third of the book, so to me, she’s an inconsistent character. But it’s still an enjoyable read, so yes I’d recommend it.