I had bought this book and just could not even get a third of the way through it. I gave it to my sister-in-law and I think she donated it to the church library. I have read a couple reviews on it now that talk about how spectacular it was. I just put it on hold from the library and I'm going to try to read it again... maybe it was just not the right time in my life. It just seems to be very in cohesive and to jump back and forth between different tales that did not make any sense. We shall see what a second attempt may do...