I just feel like when reading this book put yourself in these people's shoes well except the dad I really could be less bothered about his self-absorption,selfish and hypocritical behavior.
It's not everyday as a mother that you expect to hear that your son who is loved by many, rule abiding and the closest thing to perfection is a pedophile, some of these things are very hard to grasp, I am not a mother but I know where my mom Is she does not look at me and expect me to one day be the perpetrator, mothers look at their children and pray blessing on then they expect them to be the most beautiful and well accomplished humans. It was hard for Adrianne just as it was hard for the girls mothers, she may have tried to justify it at some point but she didn't understand the intensity of it all because she was still in denial but after realizing how Noah felt about it all she had to sacrifice because she revised how much it meant she realized that as much she wanted to hold on to there were people out there who could have suffered including Noah himself
I would love to think these 2 people were selfless