This book didn't end up being what I thought it would, but that's ok. It almost felt like a couple of different books in one, since some seasons of her family's life were so thematically different. Norway and France (closer to the beginning) were my favorite. I also didn't realize I was going to have my heart broken once she started recounting her son's accident--I read this part holed up in the bathroom way past my bed time, crying. Gave me lots to think about travel, language, culture, family, friends, home, and moving forward after loss.