I started this book with listening to the audio, but I was having too much trouble keeping track of all of the character connections so I switched to kindle and while it was better it was still hard to keep track. A family tree would have been appreciated. The story itself was sad and heartwarming and interesting even if I didn’t always like or connect with the characters. The story begins with a run down on the family members and who would be best to give the eulogy for the patriarch of the family. His best friend was selected over his wife, children, and grandchildren and he gave a eulogy no one would ever forget. Relationship struggles were at the heart of this story and each family member was having slightly different issues. Of all of the characters I think Alice was my favorite. This story did a great job of showing the aftermath of grief which was awesome. I also really liked that it tackled some tougher issues in the relationship dramas like having the reader see how various family members reacted to revelations about people being gay or being unmarried and having a baby. Overall it was a pretty good debut and I would pick up another book by this author in the future.