What a wonderful, wonderful book! I was up into the wee hours finishing and still this morning can not get it out of my mind. What powerful story. Chamberlain is one of the best there is at writing of difficult relationships. The reader really gets two stories in one here as Laura's quest to find out why her father wanted her to take care of Alzheimer's patient Sarah Tolley after his death Reveals Insights into her own life as she deals with trying to get her young daughter to speak again , Excellent!