"Nothing links person to person like the frequent passage from hand to hand of a good book."

This is maybe a book that not everyone would appreciate fully. I think it speaks very much to mothers, to women over 30 or 40, maybe to writers. The main character, Reta Winters, is the mother of three teenage girls, one in college. She experiences a very sad and disturbing period of time with one of the daughters (no spoilers here!) that I think many mothers could relate to, even if, like me, they have sons rather than daughters, or even their children are not at this particular age. I found it particularly interesting to know, while reading this book, that the author had terminal breast cancer as she was writing it. Possibly much of the sadness and despair she was describing about Reta's daughter may have been very similar to what she was feeling about her own situation. Beautifully written, I found many phrases in the story that I wanted to capture and remember.

This books is off by mail as RABCK to my friend dg7500 in Pennsylvania on the chance that she hasn't read it yet. I hope you enjoy it. Happy summer reading!

What a wonderful surprise....thank you so very much, my friend!

I haven't read anything by this author yet, but your review, plus that on the book cover, sounds very interesting, and I'm looking forward to reading it in the not too distant future. Thanks for thinking of me.

Happy day!
Hugs, dg