I enjoyed this book. It was a quick read and was filled with interesting characters. They had some crazy, difficult, down and dirty lives. They seemed real even if the idea that they were all in the same place at the same time seems a stretch. I appreciate that the ending wasn't all wrapped up. Life never really wraps up with all the loose ends tied into place for all the people in your life at one time. Finally, this book showed a wide variety of people; female, male; white, black, Native American, asian; disabled war veteran, immigrant, birth to grave resident, who accept one another for who they are and come together to form a family and be a network of support for one another. I'd love to see strangers turn into a working family this way in our world.