Not a completely terrible book but this is definitely not the kind of book I want to read again. what is it with this completely disfunctional family that absolutely doesn't communicate?! I find it so frustrating. it's completely beyond me how a couple can function without communicating, let alone a family of 5! I know that some people and families have difficulties communicating but the story of this family just seemed way beyond believable to me. that a 7 year old child who have the willpower and the focus to say yes to everything her mom says and asks until the age of 15?! that a mother would set the table for 2 kids and not 3 because she is so focused on her second daughter that she comes to forget that she has a second one?! maybe I live in a fairytale world but this just all seemed way too far fetched for me.