Marylee writes in such away that captivates your attention and keeps you wanting to read more. She is an strong and independent woman who will do right by her own accord. She doesn't sugar coat anything and is very open about her experiences. She talks with such irony and humorism when highlighting critical turning points in her life such as the parallelism between her upbringing and her absentee child and the decision whether or not to relocate to a different state. She is clearly strong and puts her needs first, which is a perspesctive that isn't written enough about!