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I enjoyed the honesty of it and the way in which sadness and joy are presented as two sides of the same coin. I enjoyed the acknowledgement that love doesn't always conquer all. I had a deep appreciation for the sympathetic presentation of dementia - we need more of that in our ageing society. But mostly I enjoyed the growing relationship between two women, one looking back over a life and one looking towards a life yet to come.

Remember [[The Year of the Rat by Clare Furniss |The Year of the Rat]]? It was great, wasn't it? This is Furniss's second novel, so she has a lot to live up to. And live up, she does. I ''loved'' this story and was thoroughly absorbed from start to finish. I also shed a tear or two. Or even three or four. It's lovely.