![]() ![]() I could smell the marsh, hear the birds, the ancient roots reverberating through the fog, the monks silences. I loved the setting.the island life, the quirkiness of the other individual characters who shaped the story, the religious and mythological themes woven throughout. ![]() Also personal was the fact that Jessie had lost her father at the same age I lost mine.so that thread I could identify with to an extent. She also reminded me *very* much of someone who was in our lives, married into our family, and all the hurt and confusion she left behind when she choose to find her own "solitude of being." In that way she became more real, and her choices more personal. I understood her life challenges, really I did, but I thought she was too selfish, too self-centered, blind, fully lacking any wisdom a 42 year old woman should have gained and really freaking lucky in the end. As it turned out, try as I might, the main character (Jessie) just wasn't someone I could like. Well, I went into reading it already torn.having adored The Secret Life of Bees but very apprehensive about this main character. ![]()
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