People who don’t finish this book are missing the point. If you can be open enough and you have enough understanding to be patient about the reality others live you will walk away changed. For the better. This is not a book about pedophilia. This is not a book about a dirty older man and a young girl. This is not a book about condoning pedophilia. It’s heartbreaking, ravaging, and could be any families story when you’re from places like these characters are from. This is a book about love. Familial and romantic. All the ugly and wonderful layers of love.