The worst years of my life were in Albuquerque. My daughter is now 17, and we're visiting colleges in preparation for senior year applications. So, many of the places and themes in this memoir resonated, if discordantly. At first, I set it aside, as it was hard to keep reading in the same way Breaking Bad was too uncomfortable to watch. Once I got back in to the story, it was hard to put down, at times in the same way it's hard not to look at a car crash on the highway as one drives by. Memoirs aren't my usual genre, but it's fascinating to see how someone else reacts and experiences similar situations to one's own, and makes and justifies radically different choices. Unlike the author, I moved East, and never wanted to go back. The spiritual/transcendent parts towards the end were, to me, implausibly new-agey and off-putting, and the description of the son's work at Sandia couldn't have been accurate given his age and the timing, but parents don't always know.
Thanks to the author for sharing her story.

This was a great book. How many people suffer from the same issues the author went through but have not had the benefits of her experiences and wisdom. This is the book to read for solutions.