I am kicking myself for waiting so long to read this book! It was captivating from start to finish. Told from a myriad of perspectives, this novel is about a young woman coming of age across the sea from her family and the consequences it will have on everyone around her (I didn't mean that to sound menacing - it's not!). When Bea is 11 she is sent away from her home in London to quaint idyllic New England to live with a new family. It's the thick of World War II and bombs are raining down on London. Bea's parents feel that her best chance at a having a childhood (and living) are better spent abroad. So Bea is taken in by a wonderful upper middle class family with 2 boys. She immediately fits in with Gerald and William and is the sister they never knew they needed. As the war drags on, she finds herself forgetting her real family in London and wishing she could stay in America forever. Full of heart; I can't stop thinking about this book and all the wonderful characters in it. Marvelous writing and storytelling.
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