A magician's assistant finds out her magician's secrets after his death. Full of unexpected plot points. A great read by Ann Patchett.

I loved the way the family and Sabine came to love each other so much. It is a beautiful book about lost love and new found peace.

Our group generally enjoyed this book, with most ratings between 3-4. We had some different takes on the various relationships in the book, and had a nice discussion about the different forms that love can take. Some felt the ending was a bit abrupt, but we all liked the author's approach of letting the reader fill in some of the story and consequences and not spelling everything out.

I enjoyed the story, snowy Alliance reminded me of small town SK.... but at the same time I felt like was waiting for something more to happen. Whomp whomp....