Anita Shreve has a wonderful way of ending her novels. Once you finish the last paragraphs you usually find yourself dumbfounded and sort of feel like you do the first time you saw the Sixth Sense. I will not give away the ending but I admit that I did have to go back and reread parts of the book.
The story in a nut shell is a love story. I usually don't read love stories but I read the Pilots Wife and I did enjoy that book. The story is about Linda and Thomas who are old lovers and rekindle their relationship sometime in the future. Their story begins in the end (or so you think) and then goes back in time to when they were in Africa and both cheated on their spouses. After the story about Africa (which includes more interesting plots) the story goes even further back in time to when they first met in high school. You learn about how their love started and how a car crash changed their lives forever.
In the midst of the story Thomas is a writer and wrote a book about his relationship with a woman whose life story is based on Linda. This is a somewhat meaningless fact but makes a lot more sense in the end of the novel.
The first couple of pages were sort of slow. I wasn't sure about this book but I kept on going and it got a lot more exciting. Shreve describes Kenya beautifully and you can almost picture yourself there. The story of how they met is the typical high school Romeo and Juliet situation where they come from different worlds. In the last couple of paragraphs you learn the true story and like I said it really is a profound ending.
I really enjoyed this book and it is one that I will definitely remember and probably read again. I give it an 8 out of 10.
I just downloaded my new book to my Nook the only clue I am giving is it is by one of my favorite authors (and I met her mother-in-law.... long story).
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