Relationships

Like the rest of you, I did enjoy the book. The story moved along nicely, and the theme was very special - the pulling together of five sisters who had drifted apart (or in one case determined to separate herself) after leaving the farm where they were raised. I loved seeing how events pulled them back to God and the faith in which they were raised. The object used to illustrate the theme, a beautiful quilt made by the grandmother who raised the sisters, was an excellent device for this tale.

I do have to say that the writing was not masterful. I had trouble from the beginning understanding the point of view of some sisters, and I don't think Brook was particularly well developed as a character. It detracted from the story for me, but it still earned a 7/10 for its uplifting story line. ( )

This was a very dramatic book, maybe it was because I was hearing in with certain emphasis rather than reading my own thoughts into it, but this was a stressful book. There were several deaths throughout the book, and heart breaks, and lies, and betrayal. Almost everything that can go wrong did in one of the five sister's lives and then they had to struggle to go on. True it ends in a relative forgiveness, but rather abruptly when there were some 40-odd chapters of pure pain and torture. I love Tracie Peterson's work, but this is a book that I do not plan to ever read/listen to again. It is just too painful. ( )

This was a very dramatic book, maybe it was because I was hearing in with certain emphasis rather than reading my own thoughts into it, but this was a stressful book. There were several deaths throughout the book, and heart breaks, and lies, and betrayal. Almost everything that can go wrong did in one of the five sister's lives and then they had to struggle to go on. True it ends in a relative forgiveness, but rather abruptly when there were some 40-odd chapters of pure pain and torture. I love Tracie Peterson's work, but this is a book that I do not plan to ever read/listen to again. It is just too painful. ( )