This book has 415 pages. The first 350 of them was the author dancing around some enormous dramatic event that had changed the lives of 9 people (the "victim" being the only one continuing on as if life was normal). The "event" was about half as dramatic as it could have been. Lots of self-recrimination, martyr-complexes and self-involvement as the result. Then a final happy ending. This book practically put me to sleep. I had to bribe myself to read it (if you finish 5 chapters you can read a good book for the rest of the night). Blah!