Review: Enjoyable reading
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 19, 2012
There are a lot of mixed reviews on this one.  I found the novel to be adequately entertaining.  It is a poignant, bittersweet accounting of the life struggles endured by the main character, Livi.  Some readers took issue with the flashbacks but the author clearly identified the month and year of each new chapter. There are spiritual messages woven into the plot.  I think the greatest strength in this book was the character development.  Many life issues are addressed: spiritualism, alcoholism, Alzheimers, marriage, death, sibling rivalry, business management, small town values.......