donna

O'Connor is so talented, I kept notes while I read her short stories to attempt to make some small effort at emulating her masterful way of creating characters that are true to life with just the right amount of exaggeration to make her point. Such a gifted writer who left us too early, but left behind beautiful gifts in the writing she was able to complete.

I listened to this on audiobook and it was hard to follow because the book goes back and forth in time. If I were reading it I could flip back and remind myself where I was in time, but I wasn't able to do that listening to an audiobook. So, though it was beautifully written and the characters were well-done, it was too much of a chore because of the time changes that weren't immediately evident. It was also really sad.