this book reminds of a series of film photos, just as peter and adele shared back and forth. sad, triumphant, shameful, dissonant pictures that the author expects to be pieced together into a disjointed narrative that honestly i quite liked, though there are parts that were difficult to read. though not too unpredictable, it wasn't really the plot that made this book for me, it was a structure of it. spanning decades, we watch each sister grow out of the dedicated box designed for them. in little pieces, this story unfolds into a novel uniquely told, and simply written. 

though i enjoyed the way the book was written i feel at times the emotion felt a little hidden beneath the writing style. this may have been intentional but it felt a little stilted and made me a little confused at times about the chronology of events. 

the ending paragraph was beautiful though. not a happy ending, but a hopeful one.