finished reading

I've gotta admit, I struggled with the beginning of this book. But I stuck with it and I'm so glad I did. This is a storyteller's book, driven by characters and description rather than by action. It's a story of hope and despair, love and loss, and resiliency.

This is a book I never would have picked up on my own. I'm so glad I read it, it's a beautiful book with real characters and a rich history. I kept forgetting that it was a novel.