Nicole G. (NickleRuth) reviewed on 1/25/2008

At first I had a hard time getting into this book, but when I got to the middle, I couldn't put it down. At the beginning of the book it seemed as if David and Norah had a "perfect" life. All that changed in one moment with one decision. It made me realize how one decision changed the lives of five people forever. What would things have been like if Phoebe would have lived with David and Norah??? This book is a classic example of how guilt and holding things in can eat you alive from the inside out. David could never be close to Norah because the decision he made permanently built a wall between them. When David told his wife that her daughter had died, I really felt for her. Then as her character changed throughout the book, I found myself being mad at her for not fully giving herself to the family she had. Then I realized, this is what unresolved grief can do to a person. I felt like the book abruptly ended. Once David died and they found out about Phoebe, the story rushed to the end of the book. All in all, I enjoyed this book.

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