Pat D. (pat0814) reviewed on 9/30/2010 + 379 more book reviews

This is a compelling novel about a woman who returns to the home of her deceased grandparents following her divorce to recapture the peace and belonging that she once knew as a child. She remembers her grandmother through her diaries and her own memories. The grandmother's story of being hospitalized in a sanitorium for tb patients and her subsequent marriage to her doctor. The diaries reveal details of her grandmother's life previously unknown to the woman. It is a story within a story and told in Sue Miller's signature excellent style.

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