That and the throwaway sentence near the end: >In the end, Carrie said she decided to spend Christmas with friends. Wait, all this time she had friends to spe

That and the throwaway sentence near the end: >In the end, Carrie said she decided to spend Christmas with friends. Wait, all this time she had friends to spend time with? Honestly this seems more like her complaining about her estrangement from her family, than it does about being lonely. I bet the estranged daughter's story would read a lot differently, and would love to read it.