Customer Reviews
I have this author in automatic purchase, that is how much I love her stories. I like some stories more than others but I love all of them.This one took a little to get me to stick to it but once I did I finished it in one day. As in all her stories at the end there is so much interwoven between the all characters and their past that you don’t get it all until the last page and that is so wonderful! Everyone’s story is different and interesting and important and meaningful as only this author does it without taking away from the perceived main character.Again… I did read it right when it came out just re-read it again now this week after my yearly reading of The girl who chased the moon.. The Garden Spells and The peach keeper!This books always make me want to tell people about them, make me wish I belong to a book club where I can talk about them with others, they leave me wanting for more of her stories and if that is not a compliment to an author I don’t know what it is.The only book I love more than these is Pride and Prejudice so just go figure how much I like this author!Please keep writing!
No sex, no violence, but still it works. How does she get away with it?
Book ordered “new” but arrived with scratches on the cover and the ends damaged a bit. I’m not about to waste carbon emissions on a replacement but I don’t appreciate the condition being marked as “new” if they’re used, even in good condition.I love the actual story, that’s why I bought it in a hardcover so it’s rather sad that it doesn’t look great when it got here.
The book starts as a slow introduction of a few people that live in condos made from an antique stables, on a semi tropical island off the east coast. Each character lives by themselves, and have their own convoluted story; we gradually learn about them, and how they intersect. There is a mostly gentle fantasy component to this story, that helps us to learn more about their needs and motivation, and their past. The characters are fleshed out and you feel like you really know them, and root for them. Its a little world you want to visit, to plunk yourself down in, and join the little birds there.
This is a gentle breeze from a sweet South Carolina retreat. We all have ghosts. This little treasure of a book helped me see my ghosts more kindly.
