Skip this one...
I really wanted to love this one and fell right in with the wonderful prose and interesting characters. I thought the initial writing was elegant and didn't mind the slow pace of the book, due to the laid-back setting of upstate New York farm country.
However, after about fifty pages or so I got bored and the story didn't go in the direction I would have liked. The writing became too detailed and literally nothing happened. There was too much emphasis on the past and the interrelationships between some of the characters felt weird to me (i.e., Eva's parents). I would have liked the story to be told in the present, in Eva's voice entirely, and to learn about her transition from NYC to rural farm country.
I do not recommend this book. Perhaps I was looking for something more like "The Secret Life of Bees," which I highly recommend. (Not that bees and honey are my typical go-to topics when selecting a novel.) This one just wasn't as sweet.
