I was hoping for humorous vignettes of the two women's travels across the world. And there were some of those, but I felt towards the end there was far too much introspection over little things, almost to the point of being preachy. I would like to read their previous story about when Mia, the wayward daughter, eventually came home after years of her mother trying to help. So ,aye this book was more of a therapy for themselves rather than what I was expecting. Oh, those pesky expectations...