So much for democracy

Good read. But I thought the title didn't have much to do with the real story, which (I feel) is more about a family coping with life in a different country that happens to be ‘less developed'. I don't think the protagonist even fully grasps what ‘democracy' is, yet. The more interesting story for me was the roles the main character had to play within her family and all the accompanying emotional struggles. Everything else was just... kind of background.