Book Notes

Fabulous. Where do I even begin? It’s been awhile since I have read an adult book that I really loved. The writing is lovely and evenly paced. The story is just sweet and complex enough to give it substance, but not to

make it too saccharine.

The story is set in Boston and takes place over a 24 hour period. The lives of two mixed families are irrevocably changed during the course of events around a snowstorm. Ann Patchett doesn’t tell a story so much as she lets us briefly into the lives of these characters. Characters that she knows so well, and that we get to know a little too. A beautiful book, one of her best.