This is a unique storyline, with the two, high-powered, high-profile parents killed in a road accident early in the book. It is how the children, the husbands' brother and wife's best friend learn to cope with the life in which they suddenly find themselves.
Here are my impressions:
Positive Reactions --
This seems to be a very realistic view of a professional golfer's milieu. It certainly isn't all the glitz-and-glamour that we see.
This book grabbed my attention throughout the story. The writer has a magic touch; even though I knew what would happen (happily-ever-after), I couldn't put this aside until the last word.
This was a very emotional book about grief and renewal. The author really got in the psyche's of her subjects and explained them well.
Negative Reactions:
As a former teacher, I can assure you that a best friend's child would not be assigned to a teacher. And if it accidently happened, the teacher would recuse her/himself so another teacher could be assigned. The only way this could happen was if Lily Robinson taught the ONLY third-grade class at the school; perhaps that was the case here.
Lily's discussion with her parents just before the last golf games, in which Lily suddenly let go of life-long-held beliefs seemed a bit too quick and pat.
XXXX SPOILER ALERT XXXXX The last golf game was over-the-top. No one has that much control over the ball. It did not seem necessary. The high school golf coach already had children that he resented paying child support for (mentioned earlier in the book). On the flip side, the solution chosen would certainly guarantee the golf coach's silence.
I'm certainly glad to have read this book. The author understood the emotions that would swirl around in orphan children, adrift with only their own thoughts and beliefs. All of the characters, but particularly Lily and Sean emerged from this trial-by-fire with a new understanding of themselves and the other members of their family.
Here are my impressions:
Positive Reactions --
This seems to be a very realistic view of a professional golfer's milieu. It certainly isn't all the glitz-and-glamour that we see.
This book grabbed my attention throughout the story. The writer has a magic touch; even though I knew what would happen (happily-ever-after), I couldn't put this aside until the last word.
This was a very emotional book about grief and renewal. The author really got in the psyche's of her subjects and explained them well.
Negative Reactions:
As a former teacher, I can assure you that a best friend's child would not be assigned to a teacher. And if it accidently happened, the teacher would recuse her/himself so another teacher could be assigned. The only way this could happen was if Lily Robinson taught the ONLY third-grade class at the school; perhaps that was the case here.
Lily's discussion with her parents just before the last golf games, in which Lily suddenly let go of life-long-held beliefs seemed a bit too quick and pat.
XXXX SPOILER ALERT XXXXX The last golf game was over-the-top. No one has that much control over the ball. It did not seem necessary. The high school golf coach already had children that he resented paying child support for (mentioned earlier in the book). On the flip side, the solution chosen would certainly guarantee the golf coach's silence.
I'm certainly glad to have read this book. The author understood the emotions that would swirl around in orphan children, adrift with only their own thoughts and beliefs. All of the characters, but particularly Lily and Sean emerged from this trial-by-fire with a new understanding of themselves and the other members of their family.
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