I recommend this book for a club because it was fun to talk about all that could have been better. There were too many typical elements: magical negro, mother/daughter conflict, marriage conflict (for no real point), magical/mystical story line, dead father, monks, psychic dog, psychic child, ya-ya sisterhood friendship, etc etc. It tried to introduce so many elements but did none well. It \\\"told\\\" us stuff but didn\\\'t \\\"show\\\" us anything. None of us particulary liked the book but it did lead to lots of good discussion.