Review: Loved parts of it ...
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 03 3, 2012
As a baby-boomer, I was really looking forward to this book.  And, as a baby-boomer, it brought back some fine memories - and a look at my own regrets and "should haves" and "what ifs."David Grossman is successful in the publishing world, except he's not happy.  Then he makes contact with Jill Black, a woman from his past - a past that's 40 years old. The "what ifs" start to germinate and their email relationship starts to take hold. Their entire relationship is based on Woodstock and what could have been.I found Jill to be a nauseating "me, me, me" woman who I couldn't like at all.  Grossman ... well, I wanted to shake him! DO something, SAY something, MAKE a decision! And I think that's why I didn't enjoy the book as well as other readers did.The story is well told and the author most certainly can write.  The book resonates because we all look back and wonder "what if" and the 60s references are a delight to those of us who lived through that time.  But my less than stellar response is based on the characters.  I just couldn't like them even though I wanted to.