I picked this book up off the shelf at Barnes and Noble during Spring Break. It was the Pat Conroy quote on the front cover that got me. I like his work and he described this one as, "A riveting, harscrabble book on the rough, hardscrabble south, which has rarely been written about with such grace and compaasion." Yeah...I get that a little...but upon reflection I give it just 3 stars. I liked it okay; it just didn't really change me or stay with me. The writing wasn't bad, but would I put it up there with Conroy's work? No. And I didn't love the provocative sex scene that did nothing to drive the plot forward. Suddenly I felt like I was reading a Harlequin romance. It just seemed out of place and completely unnecessary. It would keep me from recommending it to most of my friends. Initially, I found it a bit depressing but as the story went on I was able to understand the feelings of themain character, Zeke. It was very sad about his brother, Carter. I believe that it was fairly common duringthe 1940's that childhood disease after-effects could be life changing. Probably not too unusual forlong time sweethearts to have bad marriages. It took some time for Zeke to overcome his depression overthe death of his brother. The love of his aunt and uncle in Virginia helped him to open up to his daughtersand become their "dad". The story ended on a positive note, which I was glad! Well written.
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Holy moly. This was a wonderful story with brilliant writing. It was difficult to put this down.
—Warpkins
I loved this book. Great family saga that keeps you interested from beginning to end.
—lexi
More "fluffy" than I would have thought, but I still enjoyed it.
—caoimheh1
