Astrid has been sleepwalking through life as a wife, lover, mother, grandmother, and friend. But when a local woman, a woman Astrid knows, is struck and killed by a bus in this quaint little town, it awakens something inside her. Not only do we get to know her and her family, but we also get to take a journey of self reflection and discovery with her as she vows to make the most of life. 

Astrid’s family is fairly big, so there are a lot of people in this book to jump back and forth between. And if the amount of people isn’t enough to keep up with, this family is full of issues too.... death, bullies, the trials of teen years, a lesbian relationship, an abortion, a sperm bank, transgender identity, being a single mother.... so many issues. It all gets tied up well in the end. But the story could’ve been better served by more intimate pictures of the characters and less social commentary.