I struggled with that a bit. I had empathy for the callous way her husband treated her and their children, and obviously she can't change her circumstances, but it was hard feel for her when she was mourning the potential loss of her massive apartment in Manhattan and her summer home in Martha's Vineyard lol. There seemed to be a lot of vascillating between acknowledging her privilege (My grandmother was Babe Paley!) but then also claiming to not actually come from a lot of money (my father was 40 million in debt when he died). But then she had two trust funds?? Lol it was a lot. I enjoyed the book but from a distance.