Review: heartbreaking literary novel.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 10 25, 2013
Two families lives are broken in the aftermath of a mothers death. Her grieving husband nearly abandoned his two teenage daughters, to avoid the pain of his memories. The neighbor, Sanjay, married to a doctor with two young boys, had a secret love for the dead woman. He turned to her seventeen year old daughter , a younger image of his crush. Their forbidden affair results in a pregnancy. The teenage mother and her younger sister hid the pregnancy and the messy risky at home birth. This is not a pat formula read. Jessica Barksdale presents use with the devastation of grief, secrets, and human frailty. Her writing and prose are exceptional. This is an ideal novel for a book group.