I enjoyed this book - partly because it takes place in a town similar to Indianola -al Midwestern college town! Similarly to her previous book The Year We Left Home, it is a generationally story of three women. The first generation of this story is a woman named Evelyn. As the book opens Evelyn is at the very end of her life. She lies in a hospital bed waiting to die. As a young woman she had left town to be educated. She returned to her hometown and was able to get a teaching job at the college because of so many men going off to WWII. Her daughter, Laura, also stays in town when she becomes an adult and becomes a mother to a son (with numerous problems) and her daughter Grace.
This is totally a novel that focuses on characters and not a lot of action. We all know that life and family can be a mixed bag. We know how the stories of one generation can affect the lives of those that come after. I think almost everyone will find a part of this story or a character with which they can connect.
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