Barbara N. (Barbie4) reviewed on 8/27/2006 + 273 more book reviews

Rachel Keats and Jack McGill were artists,Deeply in love when they married,until the rush of life took it's toll.After ten years of marriage,they divorced and went their seperate ways.Jack stayed in San Francisco,Rachel moved with their two young daughters to Big Sur.Six years later,an alarming middle-of-the-night phone call demands that Jack put aside his own busy life and career as a leading architect to rush to his ex-wife's hospital bed.While she lays lifeless,Jack maintains a bedside vigil and finds himself getting to know Rachel better than he ever did-through their daughters,her friends,and even more revealing,through her art.Meanwhile,the beauty and grace of the redwood canyon where she has made their home also work their own special alchemy upon Jack.He begains to see Rachel,his daughters,and the story of his marriage with new eyes.

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