I absolutely loved this book. The characters were well developed and each had there own story to tell. A must read!

This was a surprising book. I didn't expect to enjoy the storyline as much as I did. The characters were actually very memorable, and I felt as if I had know them in a previous time. I especially loved how the string of pearls was carried throughout the story.

I absolutely loved this book, I like the characters even some of the "bad" ones, I love that this is placed in the 40's and I love that the main characters had their own part to tell! This story took me back to my childhood and listening to my parents speak about their childhood, such a simpler more wholesome time compared to today. Everything about this book appealed to me from Philip's story as a young boy growing up in Alabama to Violette and Karl/Carl's story about going back to Europe and back to Phillip's story as a young man and on. Thank you for a great read!