This is truly what I would call a vacation read. You can not hurry through it. You will read a few chapters, set it down, and when you come back to it you will become involved again for several chapters more. I don't want to say the pace plods, as that sounds negative. It moves along at a comfortable pace, allowing you to ride the waves and float. This is a story that needs to unfold.

It is a tale of discovery, a story of lost love and wondering about possibilities. How one small detail, or one lost letter, might have made all the difference in many lives. It has a dreamy quality to it.
It is a story about a family and figuring out how they fit together. Also about how one person can find herself and decide what she wants in her future. And what she is willing to sacrifice or change to create that future.

This story has layers and layers and lessons to ponder. ( )