This book was really trying my patience lol. I just don't enjoy books that are mostly monologue — I feel like I'm being talked at and told what to think instead of the world unraveling around me. DNF

From the jacket: " As he prepares for a visit from his estranged daughter, Dr K, a retired surgeon enjoying the comforts of retirement in London, rehearses the conversations he will have with her over the course of her visit. It’s been years since he has seen her. He spent much of his time polishing the confession he wants to make to her.

As her visit gets closer, he recalls the country, a prosperous oil monarchy, he left India for to make his home and career. A dream job, the hospital he worked was just a ten minute walk from home. He had access to a lifestyle that he would never have had back home. Money and success came quickly, but the price was steep and often unbearable, especially to a wife and daughter who watch him walk the perilous path of lifelong ambition.

I need more time to absorb this book which can be quiet depressing at times.

Thank you to Net Galley for my ARC copy. The review is my own.