Wow! This is a book that will stay with me. The story alternates between the summer of 1935 when devastating events changed the lives and legacies of an entire family and the winter of 1999, just before the millennium as we discover the consequences on future generations. Justine (in 1999) is discovering who she is and what she wants for her own life and for her daughters' lives. Lucy, now an old woman who is dying, finally tells the long kept secrets and the tragic story surrounding the mystery of that summer in 1935. It is an absorbing, surprising, emotional unfolding that kept me turning pages. Very well done!
Excellent book which flows seamlessly through two time periods. There is a 60 yr. old mystery, which keeps one guessing throughout the book and the present story is a single mother trying to care for her daughters and keep them safe. Well written first novel, which I hope is not the author's only story to tell
