The style reminds me of Anita Shreve, but it is deeper and more searching emotionally. Motifs such as dreams, glass, locks, people and places lost and found, are woven seemingly effortlessly into the story of Lucy who returns home to The Lake of Dreams to try to come to terms with the death of her father ten years before. However, she finds some clues in the old family house which lead her to her ancestor, Rose, who has been written out of the family history, and she is compelled to find out why.
Lucy's relationships also play a large part in the story: with her lover, her old boyfriend back at the lake, and with her family: her mother and brother; her uncle and her cousin. All come into play in solving the family mystery.
I haven't read The Memory Keeper's Daughter, also by Kim Edwards, yet, but I think I will in the near future.
Have you read either of these books? What did you think?
Have you been to the Finger Lakes?
That sounds like the kind of book I'd enjoy, Jean - thanks for mentioning it as I've never read this author.
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Thanks, Rosemary. As you can see I did enjoy it, but I was puzzled by the negative reviews on Amazon that I read afterwards. Maybe The Memory Keeper's Daughter was so amazingly good that it was really hard to beat. I shall have to read it and find out.
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