Review: So Well Done!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 5, 2013
This book is so well done! It is moving, thought provoking, with accurate factual information, and some interesting bits of mystery to solve. The author skillfully weaves together the stories of four generations of women, all living at the start of the story, all connected as family or as friends, told in the present with their memories filling in details from the past. The choices they make (and the choices made for them without their consent) connect them as well.Content: This author spends her words on enriching the storyline and characters rather than on gratuitous sexuality. There is one scene of few words, the bare minimum to describe what the young woman probably never realized was date rape, an event integral to the storyline.I appreciate the author's inclusion of people who err as we all do, yet have the courage to make choices to act in harmony with their values, even when it difficult and emotionally painful. For them, peace of heart and mind outweighs any pain from that choice. The author also brings out something we, focused on today and our individual lives, may not always think about: we are connected to others and have probably been affected by their past values and choices. In turn, whether we intend it or not, our values and choices are affecting others.My thanks to the author for this thought-provoking book.