This book was very touching. It was a good memoir written by Barbara who has many sisters. She went a big part of her life being split up from them and wondered just where they could be. It follows when she finally gets in touch with them and they reconnect. Through this time she loses a couple of them and gets closer to others. Being adopted myself it made me think of my childhood and my biological sisters.

Major trigger warnings that the author is very clear about. This is a heartbreaking story of separated siblings of the author. However, through terrible abuse and hardship, there are glimmers of hope. Readers should take great care in reading this story.

Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for the opportunity to read and review this book

This is a hearbreaking tale of a family split apart, jagged memories, and of hope.

I really like that the author was one of the missing siblings. The reader can tell how much the story, the history affected her life.

Its a sad tale of dysfunction, abuse, and redemption.

The book was good, however it could have been so much better.
I wish that the author had interviewed her sisters in order from eldest to youngest to tell more of a coherent story. I wish that the author had included what had happened to all of the sisters and what they were up to while they were separated, and how they felt about the reunion.

I want to stress that this book is heartbreakening real, raw, and beautiful.

I just wish that is had dived deeper. .

This book is a collection of stories about eleven sisters who were separated by terrible circumstances during their parents’ emotional struggles. Some were placed in orphanages while others were expected to survive on their own. The stories are woven together after the women are grown and told through the eyes of one of the youngest. The stories are moving and poignant but they are sad and incomplete as there are additional stories mentioned but never completed. There is abuse and horrifying predators within each story that can trigger those who are not prepared. I probably would have rated this book a little lower had it not been for the author being clear about all these criticisms in the beginning, so I was expecting it.

Trigger warnings but a beautiful and inspiring book by Lane. She's brave in telling this story that is complex. It was a tough topic to digest at points but I'm glad I read it. Thanks to NetGalley for the ARC. Four stars.