It's good, isn't it? Highlights from the lastest independent review (4.5 *) we have: "Tracy Chevalier has captured the sense of 1850s Ohio so well, her descriptions of both the place and people really do jump from the page, from the intense heat, to the bitterly cold winters. The food, the fashions and the small settlements are wonderfully drawn....Tracy Chevalier has an ease to her writing that captures the reader's imagination so well. I have no doubt that existing fans of her novels will enjoy this story"