Both are lost without the other. Twenty years go by before they are reunited after another terrible event. Her writing is literary, flowing and beautiful. I often found myself rereading profound passages. I envy writers who can weave such magic, but she seems to do it with ease.
Every character leaps off the page as a real person.
The intricate plot twists and turns when you least expect it to. Every sentence oozes with details you can either see, hear, smell, touch or feel. Smith shows how actions, both good and bad, can ripple through an entire family and affect every individual over a lengthy period of time. She touched all my emotions with this one, folks. I rank it a definite 5.