This book left me with a mild to medium book hangover. I mean, how could it not? Tough topic pulling at your heart strings and those last 10 (ok if I round up, it was 15) pages. 400 pages is a moderately long novel but for once, there wasn't much that I would have cut. I think the author kept a good pace and made good use of those pages. 
 The characters were well-developed and had plenty of time to express themselves all from the voice of the mother, Eva. I couldn't help but feel for her as she described herself in the letters to her husband. (view spoiler)[But the ending-- oh the ending! All the feels!(view spoiler)[ 
 This is a book that I will keep and read again. Maybe in the next decade. I have young children to raise. (hide spoiler)] (hide spoiler)]