I love every single thing I've read by Huneven and this is yet another impressive work to add to the list. Why isn't she one of our most awarded authors?

I know Michelle Huneven has had a long and successful career; I also suspect I'm not the only one who was eager to read more after encountering her work through Search. This was an altogether different but thoroughly enjoyable tale of four generations of one California family. I was constantly surprised at where Huneven took us in laying out there history, but enjoyed every stop along the way.

Wow! I loved this book and read it in one day. I liked how each chapter focused on a different family member and segment of life. I cannot imagine the author’s work in creating so many detailed storylines but making them all fit together. Beautifully done. Giving it 4 instead of 5 stars simply because I didn’t agree with some of the choices the characters made. But, I know that we are all flawed too, and beauty can and does come after our mistakes!