Be ready to sobb.  Be ready for your heart to squeeze with empathy and happy moments and terrible pasts.  Be ready to feel pain of loss and healing of future possibilities. Be ready to root for and want to befriend Lenny Marks. Be ready to want to fight people who mistreat Lenny and hug her found family.  This book ran me through the gamut of emotions and I enjoyed it so much.  I would love to be Lenny Marks, a smart misunderstood, caring teacher who is comfortable with her status quo until something opens up her mental box of what happened in her past. The writing was lovely and so easy to listen to and fall into the story.  A delightful doggy sidekick and some amazing side characters make this such a good book.

Note: Listening to the audiobook added so much depth to this sweet and gripping story that definitely heightened the experience.

TW: child loss, child abuse, domestic abuse, animal cruelty