Review: In love with this book!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 19, 2014
I loved this book and can't wait to read more of this series. I haven't read anything by this author before and was pleased to add another writer to my list of 'must read all of this author's books.'  The characters are so emotionally, humanly real, with doubts, fears, hopes, dreams, joy, sorrow, laughter, and love. You'll find great descriptions of a lovely Italian restaurant, and want to 'go there with someone you love.' I'm not a wine connoisseur, can't tell you the difference between one kind and another, so I really appreciated how the author explained the wines, obviously with research and experience, not just vague references to a wine expert sniffing and tasting wines. I knew nothing about sailing either, but I understand a lot more about sailboats now. Fell in love with the cat!  I have travelled all over Washington state, and have visited many of the lighthouses in the story, taken some of the same hikes. The author's descriptions brought back the scent of the fishy-salty air, brisk wind, white-capped waves, the feeling of the crunch of broken seashells under your feet as you walk along the shoreline in the heavy, wet sand. I love being so drawn into the story it feels like I'm really there observing the story as it unfolds right in front of me. I've never been to Italy, but I have in my mind a vivid imagery of the region the author described. The three BFFs are such a hoot!  In the story Russell, a professional photographer, has taken photos of the 3 BFFs and comments to Cassidy, one of the 3 BFFs, that he can just picture them when they're old and gray-haired sitting together and laughing in the same way they are now. The relationship between them again threw me back to remembering when in my own life 2 of us young moms met when our daughters were in 1st grade and a few years later added another mom whose daughter had become friends; we were always together right up through the daughters' high school graduations, weddings, college graduations, first grandbaby. Such a great story!