Difficult family relationships

I received a audio copy by narrator and the reading was lovely and sympathetic. The Scottish accents were appalling and made me laugh as I come from that area.
The story was about how our family history affects our character and choices. I sympathised with the main character up to a point but felt fairly early she was being very selfish in the name of thinking of others to gain pity. She seemed to run away when emotions got too much for her. She wasted so much time in Scotland punishing herself and those around her. What lovely people they were putting up with her.
There were some potential inaccuracies in the medical processes in Scotland which jarred and I would have believed it more if she had seen specialist for assessment before launching the doom and gloom.
I kept thinking about the quote to ‘die living’.
Also an inter country adoption tucked in at the end would have required exhaustive assessment and then to send the boy alone on a plane felt improbable.
Yes I did enjoy it but found it harder to get into than other books.

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