Wow! Ann Rinaldi has done it again! I loved reading this book. I have read other books by Ann Rinaldi, but i feel that this book it twice as good as the others. It showed how a entire community could fall apart just by one lie. It also showed the struggle of true love and family life durring the Salem Witch Trials. I felt that Susanna was a great character in this book. I was very suprised at her actions. She showed great courage and devotion to Johnathin by sticking with him and beleiving in true love even through the hard times. Again, I loved this book and cannot wait to read another one of Ann Rinaldi's work!

I read A Break With Charity and loved it. It kept you on your feet and was very informative about the history of the Salem witch trials. After reading this book I know I have to read the other books by Ann Rinaldi. I borrwed it from the library and read it in a day, then a week later I bought it. I encourge anyone that likes thrills and chills to buy this book.

I am a 13 year old who read this book because I was very interested in the Salem Witch Trials. I am a very picky reader and I consider it one of the best books I have ever read. It had a lot of educational information about the trials but at the same time it was not at all boring. At no point in this book did I feel that it was dragging on. This book I could not put down and spent an entire day reading it. I encourage this book to all young adults. Ann Rinaldi is an excellent author and has a real talent for writing!

I read this book a couple of years ago and recently I noticed one of the captains, Jamila Wideman, as being on the local WNBA team here the Sparks. I am a regular at the games and she is my favorite player. This tempted me to read this book again. After reading it I noticed I had to skip through many parts because of the authors continuos banter about the town, its inhabitants, and its history. The town is influencial on the girls story but this was a matter of overkill. I loved the personal stories of the players maybe because I'm a high school girls basketball player myself. I only recommend this book for people who are really interested in the players and the women's game and only if they skip the Amherst sections. I also strongly recommend Tara Vanderveer's "Shooting From the Outside". For Jamila Wideman fans this book is a must read and so is the article about her in Sports Illustrated.

In These Girls, Hope Is a Muscle is the best book I have ever read. I loved it!! This book goes behind the scenes and into the lives of the members of the Amherst Lady Hurricanes basketball team. They show you what it takes to be a champion. I have played basketball for 8 years and this book made me covet a state championship even more. It is also a celebration of the advancements women have made in the sport of basketball. I recommend this book to anyone. It is a fabulous book.

Every time I pick up this book I find another inspirational tidbit of wisdom to add to my quotebook, the idea of which is itself borrowed from the actions of Jen Pariseau, co-captain of the Hurricanes and role model to anyone attempting to thrive as a strong, intelligent, athletic woman. Jen is far from the book's only hero--the team as a whole stands as an affirmation to the benefits and the necessity of women's athletics. Anyone who is young, female, and devoted to a sport--any sport--will find in this book a resounding echo of the lessons they have learned through athletics, as well as an inspiration to challenge themselves and improve at whatever they do. Those who fall outside such a demographic will gain insight into a crucial world in which teenage girls are shaped into future leaders as they learn the values of hard work, cooperation, friendship, discipline, self-confidence, and devotion. This book is not simply about a team, a town, and a winning season--although even when read in such a limited focus, it is entertaining and intriguing. Rather, the Hurricanes serve as a microcosm for all that is wonderful about women's sports.

Tess Gerritsen's latest is a pleaser.
2 years ago, while living in Savannah, Dr. Catherine Cordell barely survived a brutal rape. The serial rapist/murderer known as Andrew Capra, aka 'The Surgeon', had previously raped and killed three other women. His last victim, Dr. Cordell, fought back and killed him.
Now living in Boston and working as a trauma center doctor, Catherine Cordell soon finds out about some recent rapes and murders happening in the Boston area that are very similar to the one's committed by Andrew Capra, the man she killed 2 years ago. This killer starts sending her clues, which causes her to recapture all those hideous moments of the past. She soon finds out that she may be the final target.

Detective Thomas Moore is a rather easygoing guy (with a growing attachment to Cordell) assigned to these recent killings, along with lead detective Rizzoli, who happens to be a women struggling to prove herself to a mostly male police force.

Filled with well-choreographed emergency room action and engrossing scenes of life and death, this novel does not disappoint. It seemed very emotional and personal due to the often-brought up issue of rape. A well-rounded medical thriller.

'Where we go depends on what we know, and what we know depends on where we go'

Recommended

Tess Gerritsen is the master of the medical thriller in the 21st century and The Surgeon proves it. The fact that she herself is a doctor, as well as an author, adds an authenticity to the book that is unparelleled. Very rarely do I read a book that actually scares me but this one did. How can women in Boston get a good night's sleep when there is a lunatic running around surgically removing their uteruses and doing it while they are still alive and tied up?

When Dr. Catherine Cordell arrived in Boston from Savannah two years ago, she thought she had left a nightmare behind her. She had shot and killed a serial killer as he was about to make her his fourth victim. Now it seems that either his ghost has shown up in Boston or there is a copycat on the loose as women are once again being killed and the modus operandi is the same as it was in Savannah -- chloroform/Rohypnol, duct tape and the removal of the woman's womb.

There's always a detective willing to go that extra mile to solve a crime and in this case it's Thomas Moore, a cop who is so well respected that he is referred to as Saint Thomas in his precinct. There's a good mix of other supporting characters and just as the serial killer has made Dr. Cordell the center of his focus, so have all the characters in this book. Gerritsen's cast will be jealous and envious and lonely and chauvinistic but they will all pull together to get the job done.

I found myself locking the doors in my home this weekend as I finished reading this book. Gerritsen points out that evil can be so ordinary that people you see on an everyday basis could be thinking of ways to kill you. It's an eerie thought. If I have one complaint about this book, it's the fact that there were some obvious clues sitting right there that the cops were not following up on. At one point, I wanted to take their hand and help them solve the crime. Authors can manipulate their stories any way they please and this reader will gladly be manipulated by Gerritsen as I see her as a primo author in this medical thriller genre.

This was the first book by Tess Gerritsen that I had ever read, and it hooked me into her novels immediately. She is a medical suspense author like no other, and "The Surgeon" is a thoughtfully-woven tale that reveals her artistic skill in creating tension and unrelenting anxiety within the reader.

Dr. Catherine Cordell is the cool-headed surgeon, but she is also a former rape victim. As a string of rapes remarkably similar to her own begin to occur, she is startled. They are happening closeby, and detective Thomas Moore singles her out as the only possible connection. The only difference between Cordell and these new rape victims...she is the only one surviving.

As the story continues, we realize that the killer is now stalking Cordell's movements. Moore becomes her guardian, and later in the story, something more. However, until the killer is found, neither can rest...

The climactic ending leaves you gripping your seat and holding your breath. I salute Ms. Gerritsen for knowing how to formulate the medical thriller with such dexterity, wit, and sincerity.

I had fairly low expectations approaching this book. Don't get me wrong, I have loved the Patrick Kenzie series, especially "Darkness." But I thought "Sacred" was poor, so it seemed as if the series was on a downward spiral. I'm happy to report I couldn't have been more wrong!

"Gone" has all the best of Lehane: violence, grit, talk-tough dialogue and snappy banter (but not too snappy, as was the case in "Sacred.") The book is very dark, and the subject matter of disappearing children is not pleasant. Lehane never chickens out, he delivers the real, sometimes inhumane cruel world to many pages. And there are two long scenes, back-to-back, that are among the most exciting and intense Lehane has ever written.

If you like mysteries or crime fiction with an edge, or modern noir without the posing, Lehane is your man. Start with "Prayers For Rain" and work your way up to this book - you will be rewarded!

Any voracious reader will occasionally find themselves playing what I refer to as "the library lottery"--stand in the middle of the library's fiction section, let their gaze drift over the amassed titles, and just grab a book at random, hoping that their choice will be, at the very least, a few hours' diversion. So it was one spring afternoon for me when my eyes fell upon "Gone, Baby, Gone." Dennis Lehane? Hmm, never heard of him. The cover blurb looked relatively interesting, and I do try to break out of my rut from time to time, so I brought it home.

Three pages into the book, I knew I had hit the literary equivalent of the jackpot.

"Gone ..." is the third Lehane novel to feature private investigators Patrick Kenzie and Angie Gennaro, who are struggling with both their personal and professional lives together while they work to find a missing child. As with Lehane's other Kenzie/Gennaro books, it's not necessary to have read others in the series to follow Patrick and Angie's past, although enough references are made to make the reader want to seek out what came before. Lehane has one of the best feels for dialogue in modern fiction, and his plots are tight without being predictable. To the best of my knowledge, I'm one of the few who discovered Dennis Lehane with this particular book (the book I most often hear cited is "Darkness, Take My Hand," his second novel, which is also great). If you've never read Dennis Lehane, you will not go wrong with this or any of his novels. He's one of the best out there right now, and he's on the verge of becoming huge.

After reading my first Dennis Lehane book -- Gone, Baby, Gone -- all I can say is I'm hooked! Great plot, very well- developed and real characters and a writing style that makes you want to finish the book in one sitting. I've just gone out and bought two others in the series --Sacred and Prayers For Rain -- and am looking for the others. If you like good,exciting mysteries, especially ones that depict real life situations (i,e, every outcome does not always have a happy ending), than add Lehane to your list of must-read authors!

I am Mary. I am a witch.
Mary has travelled to the New World to start a new life after her old one was taken by the Witch hunters noose. Even in the New World Mary will not be safe - especially amongst the strict and forbidding folk in the new town of Beulal. Told in journal form, Mary speaks to you with her own voice - sharing her loves, her dreams, and her fears. A not to be missed novel of witch-craft, persecution - and hope.

This book is one of the best books that I have ever read that deals with witches and witchcraft. From the opening pages you are drawn into the world of Mary, a young woman who follows the old ways. Mary would be called a witch, but he powers and beliefs are stronger than that. Mary is a character that has stayed with me for a long time and the sequel "Sorceress" has been taunting me in the local book shop for the past couple of weeks and I can't wait ti read it.

This book is nothing like the popular witches in Sabrina or Charmed, it is closer to real Wicca and the thought and research that went into this novel make it one of the best witchcraft books that I have ever read. This book is best read in one sitting so that you don't spend a restless night wondering what happens to Mary next.

I accidentally came across this book while looking for something else. Am I ever glad I did! Celia Rees has written a minor masterpiece, and I'm hooked. Can't wait to find the sequel!

If you've read or seen the play [and movie] The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, this book will contain many echoes for you. However, there are three major differences: 1. This story is told from a child's viewpoint rather than an adult's. 2. This isn't quite as dark or tragic as Miller's. 3. The person being accused of witchcraft really is a witch!

The seventeenth-century protaganist of Witch Child is a fourteen year old English girl, Mary, whose grandmother [and only parental figure] is found guilty of witchcraft and executed in the first chapter. Mary is spirited away just before the critical moment and sent to America to save her life, as she too stands accused. But she's sent to the Salem area! Not a good place to send a young witch in those days! From the moment she arrives there until the predictable denouement, every chapter is filled with tense suspense, as Mary tries valiantly to be true to herself and her heritage while protecting herself from rabid witch-hunters. A few sideplots do not at all detract from the overall story line.

This book is not just for 'young adult' readers, as 12-year-olds are nowadays labeled. Any reader, young or old [I'm 62, for example], who loves good character development and clear prose, will most likely be fascinated.

I have only two minor quibbles with the book, one of them the author's fault, one not. 1. The photo on the book's cover appears to be of a young woman about 25 years of age-- not exactly the sort of thing to attract the book's target audience! 2. If you care at all about the protaganist's fate, don't read this book until you have the sequel at hand, because I guarantee you'll want to read the latter IMMEDIATELY!

The 1600's are a time of lies and fear. For Mary Newbury it is a time of sadness. Unable to do anything, she watches a grandmother condenmed, tortured, and then finally hanged as a witch. Mary knows her life is in danger too, for the crowd will soon have to find someone new to blame for their troubles, someone like her. When offered passage to America disguised as a Puritan girl, Mary immediately accepted. Taken in by a kind widow, named Martha, Mary finds that her new life isn't that bad, but there is always the danger of people finding out that she is a "witch child." When the settlers finally arrive in the New World they make a home in place they name Beluh. Mary secretly makes friends with a Indian boy named Jaybird, but when witch frenzy begins to tear apart her new home Mary finds herself once more tormented.

This was one of the best books on witches I have ever read. It was a very emotional book and one to be enjoyed by everyone. I can't wait for the conclusion to Mary's story in Sorceress. The cliffhanger ending makes you want more and more!

Darkness, take My hand by Dennis LehaneWilliam Morrow and Company. 1996

When the PI team of Patrick Kenzie and Angie Gennaro are called to investigate a threat to Jason, the son of a noted psychiatrist, Diandra Warren, they find some strange coincidences. "Moira Kenzie" told Diandra that Kevin Hurlihy, a crazy local hood and her former boyfriend, had threatened to kill her present boyfriend Jason. However when Patrick and Angie check out the local hoods Kevin seems not to be involved but they find that ties run back to their old neighborhood and some of the people they grew up with.

Digging deeper they find that the trail leads to a convicted serial killer and back again to their old neighborhood. They story begins to make sense and wind down when it leads to someone who was a partner of the serial killer and likely one of two present day neighborhood men and an incident that happened when Patrick was a child.

The book is well written, exciting and a real page-turner. Patrick and Angie are well developed and sympathetic characters. Patrick's relationship with Grace and her young daughter is filled with angst when his problems and life infect theirs and make a continuing relationship appear improbable.

I picked up the book when I heard an interview with Dennis Lehane on television and he said that Stephen King loved his books and helped him (Stephen) get through his recent recovery period after his accident. I was not disappointed and would highly recommend this book to all mystery fans.

Man this guy can write! I have read 3 of Lehane's novels and they are all brillant. I have to agree with other people's comments..the conbination of Kenzie/Gennaro is wonderful. Lehane really brings to characters to life and you really feel like you are in the story with them. I don't think I have read anything by an author that can actually bring me into the action, like he does. The book is filled with great one-liners and has a great storyline to boot!

I didn't think that this book (or any of the rest) are too violent, but if you are a fan of crime fiction, then what do you expect?

A truly sensational book, I highly recommend it if you are looking for a freal page-turner, filled with suspense, comedy and old-fashioned who-done-it?

The only problem with Lehane, he doesn't publish books quick enough!

I've never really had a favorite author until now. Dennis Lehane grabbed my attention with his first few words in Darkness take my Hand and I was hooked! I figured this book was a one time masterpiece. Absolutely not! All of his books are incredible! But this one, this one is my favorite. It was so creepy and evil, yet even when I was scared to death, Patrick "Don't call me Pat" Kenzie said or thought something that had me laughing. It amazes me how Dennis Lehane does this and makes it all work so beautifully. And, you'll love the main characters,Patrick and Angela, as well as the side characters Bubba, Oscar and Devin. You won't be able to stop reading. Bubba. He's the man. You've gotta love him. I've never had the desire to meet a psychopath, but I would love to meet Bubba. If you like his character, there's lots more of him in Prayers for Rain. Read it! Read them all! I guarantee you won't go away disappointed and you'll wait impatiently for the next book to come out. Mr. Lehane, you've got amazing talent. You're the best and I'm a fan for life.

The most consistent comment found in other reviews of this book is that "it will stay with you". And it will. "The Odd Sea" is by turns sorrowful and uplifting, but ultimately it is just about dealing. About living one's life in the face of the pain, frequently unexplainable, that comes into every life.

As the reader follows Phillip's ongoing, quietly desperate, search for the whereabouts of his lost brother, we see all the characters deal with tragedy in their own way. Eventually, we see Phillip come to grips with his grief.

"The Odd Sea" is a short novel, with simple, yet elegant, prose. I read it in just a few hours. However, its moving narrative will stay with me much longer; it is one of the best novels I have read in the last five years.

This is a beautifully written story, told with deep emotion and a lot of love. I think this is one of the "best" books I have read in a long time. Reiken knows how to make you care about his characters & really love them. This book seems more like a true story than a work of fiction.

One late Spring morning sixteen year old Ethan Shumway disappears and vanishes without a trace. Philip, Ethan's younger brother, narrates the events and feelings of all of his family and their friends after this tragic event that shocks and paralyzes all the community of this rural hilltown in western Massachusetts. Was Ethan abducted, kidnapped by a child molester or did he just want to disappear on his own for some reason? Will the truth be ever known, and does Philip and his family finally find out the reason he disappeared? Well, it's through Philip's emotional re-telling of the events of the last five years after his disappearance that make this such a wonderful story. How it effected Philip's parents, and his three wonderful sisters is a lesson in true family love. What a difficult and terrible thing to happen to a family that truly loves each other so much.

Paul Reiken's writing is so realistic and emotionally tender and loving. I will never forget this book. It makes one wonder how and what you would do if the same situation happened to someone you love and care about very deeply. My highest recommendation. A stunning debut novel.

The Odd Sea haunted me for days after I read it. Mr. Reiken has the gift of being able to make us feel his characters deeply. His simple but elegant prose brings us right into their world. This is not a book for people who want a fantasy story, though in many ways it is a very magical novel. The magic comes out of the characters' love for each other, and from the beauty of their spirits as they bravely face an unbearable situation. This is a book that will teach you how to keep your soul alive.

I'd heard people singing the praises of Dennis Lehane long before I picked up A Drink Before The War. Finally, it was shoved in my hand and I received sufficient encouragement to read it. And while it wasn't as great as I was lead to believe, it was a good, fast-paced, action-packed read.

For some strange reason, I generally shy away from typical private investigator/crime novels that involve recurring characters. I was disappointed to find out that A Drink Before The War was the first volume in the Kenzie/Gennaro series of novels. But I kept reading and thoroughly enjoyed the book.

It's a brief novel, lasting only 300 pages and it reads very quickly. The plot is straightforward and well conceived. Just enough twists are thrown at the reader to keep him or her engaged but it is, on the whole, uncomplicated. Complete with tortured heroes, the novel does not break any new ground in the genre. The writing, however, is very well done. The narration is full of humor and provides the novel with a unique voice.

so i bought this book because amazon listed 5 dennis lehane books in my recommendation section, so i took the earliest. thank you amazon for depleting my wallet, since now i have to get the rest of the series. now. must read now. i was very impressed by both the style of writing and the characters. patrick, angie and even bubba are a set of detectives i can't wait to read more about. i love that they have their office in a church belfry-where no one will tell them what happened to the bells- that they have all sorts of back story which is never overtly in your face, but subtlely intertwined so that you just assume the author is refreshing your memory since it seems you have known these characters forever. ok, gotta go, i've got to start reading the next book!

This is a terrific book, superbly written by Dennis Lehane. I've liked the characters so much I haven't missed a single book in the series, and each one is of the highest quality. This is the first of the Patrick Kenzie/Angie Gennaro series, and the characters are vivid, dialogue is witty and intelligent, the plot complex and believable, and the description of scenes and action terrific. At times Lehane is poetic in his turns of phrases. Others have likened him to Robert Parker--the similarity is purely superficial in that both have Boston private eyes who use snappy dialogue. Lehane is without a doubt by far the superior writer. His novels are worthy literature, whereas Parker's are, well, a fun read. It seems to me that there is a terrific new generation of writers out there, from Michael Connelly to James Hall, who cover the territory of writing--characterisation, plot, description, tone--so wonderfully that I never want to miss one of their books. I'd add Dennis Lehane to that list. This book has my highest recommendation.

Kathryn Lasky has a great way of expressing the treacherous journey on the Mayflower to the destined settlement of Plymouth. In A Journey to the New World, a diary of Remember Patience Whipple, it describes that an escape from religious persecution would not be easy. It was quite the contrary, the Mayflower, which was a cargo ship used to carry barrels of wine and cloth transported all the Puritans wishing to come to the New World. In the years before 1620, puritans and others wishing for freedom from political persecution, faced the strong power of King James I. If someone disobeyed him, they would face persecution in many ways. Once these pilgrims reached Plymouth, they lived some what happy lives away from persecution and prejudice. The Whipple family felt that the church is in your heart and not in a building. I would recommend this book to readers of all ages who have imagination and an understanding of life and its sacrifices. This book showed me that what we have in life should not be taken for granted but it should be well treasured and respected.

A Journey to the New World by Kathryn Lasky is a fictional diary of Remember Patience Whipple based on records from the Mayflower in 1620. Remember Patience Whipple is a 12 year old girl who is opinionated, but can only confide in her precious diary she calls Imp.  Times were very different back then, especially for young girls, as illustrated in her story.  For example, she had to wear three petty coats, could not speak her mind, and was expected to behave like an adult everyday.  Life on the Mayflower was rough and tedious.  Sleeping quarters were cramped, there was limited amounts of sea worthy food, people got motion sickness often, and you did the same thing everyday; wake up, eat, help around the ship, go to sleep.
   This book can be easily enjoyed for it has an interesting yet historical story line, and is told through a quiet, strong minded young lady who a lot of girls can relate to.  It has simple vocabulary, yet is very insightful. This book is great because Remember Patience Whipple sees and meets new beings which is educating for the reader because it differs from our modern world.  For example she meets the authentic Native -American named Squanto to whom she gives pudding and foods in exchange of his tribe's foods, and helpful hints for hunting in the rugged North America and living in their new Plimouth Settlement. Although A Journey to the New World is educating and captivating, this book would be for ages eight to thirteen years old, (though
some grown ups have found it enjoyable), because it is not a very challenging book to read, yet is great at keeping the reader wanting to learn more about Remember and daily life in the 1620's.

Remember Patience Whipple, called Mem, is a bit frightened at the thought of the New World her family is sailing to on the Mayflower. She hears tales of strange "feathered people" who will attack the settlers. But she has more immediate concerns - the dreadful Billington boys, who mercilessly tease Mem and her friend Hummy, the ever present seasickness, and the daily boredom during the long, tedious sea voyage. But once she arrives in the New World, things become even worse. During the long, cold first winter at Plymouth, many settlers become sick and die. Mem is frightened that her family might be next. When spring comes, she thinks they are safe - until her mother falls ill and dies. Can Mem find the strength and courage to go on without her mother? And can she come to accept her future stepmother, quiet, sad Mistress Potts? What I liked best about this book is that it told what a young girl who sailed on the Mayflower and lived at Plymouth Colony might have thought and done. In making the main character a young girl, the author brought the history to life, and I really like the fictional diary format used in this series - it makes you feel really close to the characters.

This is the best book that I have read by Mary Higgens Clark. It is full of suspense and keeps you on the edge of your seat until the end! You will sympathize with Nancy Eldredge as she stands accused of the unthinkable - the cause of the disappearance of her children.

Nancy and her husband ray have two children, Mike & Missy. She seemed to have the picture perfect life. When the children are missing, Nancy is devastated. Or is she? Seven years earlier, Nancy Harmon was found guilty of the murder of her children, Peter and Lisa. She was so hated by the public that she changed her appearance and changed her name. Is history repeating itself? You will not be able to put this one down until you find out!

Mary Higgins Clark's book Where are the Children is an excellent book. It will keep you on the edge of your seat. I however, go annoyed how you would find something out, and then the chapter would change to a different person. This is what kept you hanging, and hungry for more. When I first started reading it, it was confusing. It all comes together though. The three main characters, Nancy, Courtney (guy), and Rob were described well, and fit right into the story. Mary also does a great job of telling the history of Nancy at the very beginning. Nancy is put on trial for the murder of her two children. She gets off because the main witness (Rob) in the case leaves the country. Nancy is now living in Cape Cod with two new children, a new husband, and a new life. When the newspaper comes, the front page is a huge article all about her past. She looks outside. Her children are missing. All that remains is a red mitten worn by her little girl. She becomes the main suspect again. Is Nancy crazy? Or was someone setting her up? Read the book to find that out. I recommend it.

I think Mary Higgins Clark was at her best with this book; Where Are the Children. It was well written, and it kept me thinking constantly throughout the book. She made the story seem so realistic by letting the characters feelings and emotions relate to what other people in the same circumstances would have felt like. I really enjoyed reading this book. It was very descriptive about what was happening to the characters. Mary Higgins Clark makes reading enjoyable and relaxing. I did find the book a little hard to follow in the beginning, but the rest of the book made up for it. So, I decided to give Where Are the Children 5 stars. It was about a lady named Nancy Eldredge and her family. She was married to Carl Harmon and had two children, Peter and Lisa. She was very happy, and then one day her children disappeared. Her children were found dead and Nancy was framed for the murders. During the trial her husband and closest friend went against her. She decides to start a new life, and so she changed her appearance. She moved to Cape Cod and married Ray Eldredge, so that she could try to get rid of her horrible memories from the past. Nancy and Ray had two children named Mike and Missy, who were helping her move on with her life. Just when her life is going the way she wanted it to, Mike and Missy disappeared, leaving nothing but a little red mitten as a clue for the police to follow. Nancy couldn't remember much from the day her kids disappeared, so the police thought that it was her again. Will Nancy be committed for the crime again, or will it be someone else this time? The book has a very surprising ending. Read the book to answer all of the puzzling questions, and to find out what happens to Nancy and her family. In my opinion it's a book well worth reading.