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This book was completely absorbing to me. While the central character, Julia, was confronting the issue of her young son's heroin addiction, the book also examined how family crisis bring to light other issues. Julia is spending the summer in her well-loved and well-worn summer home overlooking a cove on the Maine coastline. Her time there is interrupted when her older son confides that he believes his brother is a junkie. Julia rallies her family around Jack and as they gather to intervene they also are forced to confront how they have acted within the family. Julia's aging father, once a renowned neurosurgeon, realizes that he needed to do more than provide his family with a healthy income and beautiful surroundings. Each character goes on an inward journey and reflects on their relationship to their family members.

The book is also beautifully written. It some places it's almost like poetry.