In some ways a very unusual book whose characters will stay with you long after you finish the book...they seem real and you want to know what happens to them after you close the cover and finish the book! It's about a college girl becomes a nanny for a white couple who adopts a mixed-race toddler. The nanny matures, the couple has a difficult trial related to a past event. Racial issues and much more. The book is atmospheric, well-written, beautiful prose. No pat answers!