I wanted to read this to get a female perspective about being a forensic anthropologist. This book is great if you want to read about stories about both Mary's personal life and how her work emotionally affects her on a day to day basis, which is cool to know. However, if you are wanting a more science-based look into forensic anthropology this is not the book to look for as there is very little detail about the job itself and the work involved behind the cases.