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I'm trying to figure out why this book didn't speak to me the way it spoke to so many other people. I think it's a combination of things: 1) I'm on deadline so I'm cranky and very hard to satisfy right now, 2) this story is more of a how and less of a why, and 3) it's a very serious book, as well it should be.

I'd say this book will really speak to people who want to sink into a place and time. It probably also appeals to those who haven't come across the types of discrimination Peters details. Definitely a must for folks who like multiple POVs and present and past timelines intertwined.

Since the writing is very evocative of time and place and the subject matter is interesting and necessary, I can only conclude that I skimmed parts of this because *I* was in a mood.

Oh! I can see this book really appealing to folks who loved Lisa Wingate's Before We Were Yours.