An amazing read of the thinking and behaviors of the average alcoholic family. It's all there: The denial, the people pleasing, the mother who chose to look the other way as her coping mechanism until she could not see reality at all. While I had nowhere near the hardship of Ms. Walls, I could so relate to the dynamics of that family. I will seriously recommend this book to all my friends, but especially to the ones in Al-Anon or AA.