I have had this book on my TBR shelf, and radar, for a while, but it's turn didn't come up til I took it on vacation this week. I am super surprised tI have had this book on my TBR shelf, and radar, for a while, but it's turn didn't come up til I took it on vacation this week. I am super surprised that it wasn't a runaway hit! I absolutely loved the writing, the atmosphere, the setting, but oh my goodness, the characters! Wow, and wow again! This story made me feel, all kinds of feels, and I couldn't stop reading, till I turned the last page and I was heartbroken to have to leave it and return to the real world. All the best words and summarization I could write would not do this justice, or be able to explain just how lovely and wonderful this book is. It's so many things, but super condensed down to a few basics, it's a story about family, and love and loss and emotions and connections and just so much life. I wish I could get this book into the hands of the movers and shakers out there who put books on everyone's radars and then they are catapulted to bestseller lists and named winners and touted as best of the best, because I think this writer and this book deserves it so much more than many of the ones I've seen raved over, and topping the lists recently! Alas, it's just my small voice, humble opinion, and unabashed head over heels love for this story I have to appeal to you to read this one. I don't often reread books, as there are so many more coming down the pipes I want to have time to read also, but this is going on my very small, teeny tiny, will-definitely-read-again-and-again shelf!...more