The book is structured as individual stories based on interviews with the subjects about what happened to them and how they forgave the person who wronged them. This covers topics from affairs to genocide. At the end of each chapter the author has a small reflection on what she learned from them. Interestingly enough the author does not tell her story about forgiveness, only speaking abstractly about how she forgave and still works to forgive. I found some of the stories to be more inspiring than others and the reflections were rather repetitive and I don't think they added anything to the book. A quick read (I finished most of it in a a couple hours) that I'd recommend if you like to read about other people's struggles. Quit a few of them are religiously based (Christian) but there are plenty that are not.