Mattie Ryder, a divorced mother of two, finds a small rubber blue shoe and a few other trifles left in her father's car. They seem to hold the secrets to her messy upbringing, and as she and her brother follow these clues to uncover the mystery of their past, Mattie begins to open her heart to her difficult mother and the father she thought she knew.
I love Anne Lamott, but I didn't think this was her greatest. There were good moments, but I spent a lot of my time thinking, "Oh, don't do that!!" and "Didn't I just listen to that?" The story dragged a little for me, and seemed repetitive. Not the most scintillating listening for a commute to and from work ...
