This book seemed super interesting. I love this author and I love period pieces but I just could not get into this story. It drags on and it’s not compelling at all. I tried to keep reading thinking it would get better but it was just kind of boring.

I absolutely love Stella’s character …

Loved this book from the very first page to the very last!

A cluster of tales, pleasing with nimble imagery and style, falling into the ditch of the darkly improbable and frustrating.

The language created to tell the story is wondrous

this book is set in the early 1950's and then going back and forth from the late 30's during the war in Europe. Characters could have been developed a bit more and the ending was abrupt, but ok for summer fluff. Also thoughtful at times about how everyone has sadness or guilt in their lives and how they deal with it..