Review: Love it!!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 19, 2013
The second prequel short story is even more compelling that the first one.  This time the focuses is on parental love and the child's love of parent.  Countering that is the effect on another couple in which the wife has a deep maternal instinct and the husband has no corresponding paternal ones.  The return of a little girl from war torn Sierra Leone of the 1990s brings closure, love and the end of guilt to one family and the realization of what is missing and eventually the end for another family.  A sweet, profound story, that this time did deal with some issues from a religious angle.  I loved it!  I can't recall if any of these characters are mentioned in the novel; I have a feeling it may have been the priest but it would have only been in passing.  I've pre-ordered the last story in this prequel trilogy and looking forward to it!