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It's hard to describe how magical this book is, and I'm loathe to give away any more of the plot, but it is one of those special books that comes out of nowhere and leaves you floored. It was not what I expected from the blurb or from the cover... it was so much better and I couldn't bring myself to put it down. It felt a bit like running a marathon – once I'd started I had to see it through in as little time as possible.
The story is not overly complex, and it lacks the dramatic end of story twists that the likes of [[:Category:Diane Chamberlain|Diane Chamberlain]] or [[:Category:Jodi Picoult:|Jodi Picoult]] favour, but it is beautifully written and extremely moving again and again, not just towards the finale. The setting of the north west of the USA is a little unusual but works well and even though I know little about the Seattle area, the descriptions were vivid enough that I could picture it all.
What I enjoyed immensely about this book was the way so much was told through the eyes of Jude. In what could otherwise be seen as a teen book (set in high school and with three 18 years olds front and centre in the plot) it would have been easy to overlook the role of the mother, and yet as the story unfolds over the pages and details come to light, it's quite clear that eventually everything comes back to how she has mothered the children over the years.
