I really struggled to continue with this book, so many friends rated it highly I kept on, thinking I would get into it eventually but I didn't. I didn't like the way the memories wafted in and out of present day, and apart from the sad and heartbreaking experience that the main character went through I felt that not much happened. Lots of people seem to rate this book highly so perhaps this just wasn't for me or I wasn't in the right frame of mind for this.