Not the best Julie Glass novel she has written.

Overall, the group liked the characters, the setting and the story. A rich read if not a very fast one.

The way the author jumped back and forth between characters, I found confusing. It was difficult to follow many of the characters as there was so much going on and you couldn\\\'t find a thread in this dysfunctional family or the minor characters. It seemed as the author tried to \\\'pack too much punch\\\' in The Widower\\\'s Tale, missing the knockout.

This novel covers everything from illegal immigration to gay marriage and all things in-between. The story generated definite division between liking and disliking the book. Our club members were so apathetic that they didn't care to discuss the questions in the reader's guide. I still think it is worth a read by book clubs.

This was very hard to get into at the beginning because of too many characters\\\' back stories. The pace picked up but there were still too many stories going on at once. This would be good for discussion for book clubs that like character-driven novels with some drama added for effect.