As with other reviewers, I was torn as to my impressions but overall had to concede a solid 4 stars. The author has an engaging writing style overall, though her cynicism put me off here and there as my personality tends to be mostly optimistic. I do like that she was brutally honest, that's hard to open yourself up like that to others. The background was nice but since the title showed the subject was about being a caregiver, I feel the balance between the back history and the caregiving was more of the former and less of the latter which is disappointing because as a caregiver I picked it up hoping to learn more of the caregiving part and how she dealt with it etc, though I would not expect her to write from my point of view, this is her book not mine, Lol. But, us caregivers love to be reminded that we are not the only ones and love to learn good tips on making it through. Overall though I did enjoy this book quite a lot. ( )