All of the characters that we loved in the previous books are growing up or matured and their character is coming out well in this book. The mother/daughter relationship is strong in this book, as Ave Maria doesn't want to let going of the little girl that is now maturing, her daughter is facing her first love and mother is experiencing heartbreak. With the same great writing that you'll find in book such as her "Big Stone Gap" or Jackson McCrae's "The Children's Corner," and a plot worthy of a movie, MGM will not disappoint.