Pat D. (pat0814) reviewed on 1/28/2013 + 379 more book reviews

This is an amazing debut novel that begins with a tragic loss when Hattie is seventeen years old. The background and character of Hattie Shepherd emerge as the novel progresses through chapters featuring her children's lives and memories. Hattie is strong, Hattie is flawed and Hattie raises her children in a culture unknown to most of us. In a perfect literary world, each of these chapters will become a novel. Reminiscent in style and quality to the wonderful novel, Olive Kitteridge, by Elizabeth Strout, this is a book that is a brilliant portrayal of a woman and her family. I am not an Oprah fan, but I do applaud her for bringing this book to the attention of those who don't normally read literary fiction.

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