Exceptional character portraits and an author who truly treats each character with grace and compassion. If you're going to be a fictional character--try to get into a Celeste Ng book!

Lots of nuance of the question of motherhood. And the author doesn't offer a simplistic answer. This book prompts self-reflection in a very kind, gentle way.

I loved the way that one adult's simple question to a young person changes the trajectory of her life. Small things matter. Not all of them, But some of them matter very much.