Review: Delightfully Flawed Characters
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 13, 2014
Ms. Chaffin has produced a beautifully crafted novel about the power of love and forgiveness. Set in the small town of Skitter Lake circa early1960s, the author has succeeded in transporting us to simpler but not necessarily kinder days.While it was safe to leave the front door unlocked and know that the town doctor would make house calls, it was not that easy for Tim O'Malley to clear his name for a crime he did not commit and rekindle his romance with Dorothy Whitaker, his long-lost love and Jesse's girl. Caught up in the unending grief that still surrounds Jesse's death, Dorothy finds it difficult to extricate herself from the expectations of her mother and Jesse's parents.I fell in love with these delightfully flawed characters and had a hard time putting the book down.