Brett, Charlie, and their little daughter live by the ocean in peaceful Cape Cod, where everything seems to be OK. Brett is finishing her studies in literature and Charlie is cooking in the kitchen. Little Sarah has just learned to walk and she totters over the wooden floor. None of them are prepared for what will happen next!

Nina de Gramont takes the reader through Brett’s complex mind and her reaction to the things that happen to Charlie. She tries to figure out how and why it happened in the first place. The realism of the scenes in the book is simply fascinating. You can imagine what is happening in great detail. Throughout the book the characters take form in such a unique and puzzling way that you just can’t stop reading. You become so enchanted with Charlie – as Brett does – and you get to know Brett in so much depth. The way the author reveals bits and pieces of information, jumping back and forth in Brett’s life, transforms the story, so that at the end, all the pieces come together and you just can’t believe it’s over.

Without a doubt, this is a book that I’ll remember reading as a teenager. I will remember being blown away by it. I am so glad I picked it up at the library; I’ve never read anything like it.