This book was a lot heavier than I expected it to be. There was a lot of emotional back-story and every character seemed to have something that needed to be worked on. I didn't like the end, or lack thereof, because I hate things being left open. Did David ever come home? Was Justine put into assisted living? And the biggest, *spoiler* did they even get back together? If you think about it the book almost had no purpose except showing (somewhat) what an army-girlfriend goes through because there was no resolution to their relationship-what the book was about in the first place.