Lenore M. (bookstacks) reviewed on 7/4/2010 + 34 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 1

This story has wonderful characters caught at an odd moment of their lives when the economy dictates the destruction of one career and the elevation of another. What's wonderful about Robin's writing is that we get to see growth among most of the characters. The is, of course, one character to dislike as she neglects her children, resents her husband and turns her back on the family to pursue an affair that goes largely unnoticed because she's already checked out of their lives.
The husband's quest to find a suitable job is not overwrought with panic or self loathing and it's somewhat delightful to journey with him as he finds a new opportunity, a new sense of belonging and a means of bonding with his teenage and young adult children.
Although seemingly shallow, self-serving brats at the beginning of the story, Pilcher lets the children grow a bit, too.
It's a nice family story, even though it all goes a bit wonky along the way.
It moves quite a bit faster than the last Robin Pilcher novel I read because he keeps the focus on the husband for most of the story.

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