Before the Queen Falls Asleep

This was excellent. It is a life story, as told by a mother to her child. It is not necessarily in chronological order, the tale jumps about a bit and concentrates on the mother's youth and the child's first 2 years. It is told with such love and compassion for each of the family members and the found family that they acquire. the chapter on names and how they affect lives was exquisite. Not being in order, it is a little confusing at times, the child's father only makes an appearance very late, but that is how you'd tell a life, it would leap around, one thought following on from another, rather than being in strict order.
This is infused with love and it is beautiful. I was swept away by it.