I found it really hard to put this book the further I got into it. It’s about Marnie, a woman in her sixties whose daughter, Lenny is an addict. Lenny has has two small children. When Lenny, her boyfriend and the children turn up back in Marnie’s life she is living in a small garden flat and has a part time job. It’s not a book about addiction, it’s about the affects of addiction on the other family members. Marnie has to make decisions that are against her daughters wishes but in the interests of her children. There’s also much about friends, and communities caring for each other. Just ordinary people getting on with life. I really got involved with the characters. A great read.

I was quickly pulled into Marnie's journey as she navigated homelessness, poverty, addiction, child neglect and abuse, the law and social welfare system in order to save her grandchildren from their own mother (her daughter). Marnie's powerful determination to protect her grandchildren no matter the cost to herself was inspiring. Her journey, heart-breaking with each new setback, was thankfully balanced out by the friendships Marnie bought with her and the support system she found along the way.