I love Julia Glass. I hope she writes forever! Her characters are so real, and they have such depth that reading her books are like spending time talking to an old friend. I loved the main character, Greenie, and thought that she had an incredible group of people to keep her afloat when she moved out to NM to cook. (As a cook, i loved all the descriptions of food!). I loved her friends, and her son, but could take or leave her husband.... she felt the same!
I didn't like the 9/11 story near the end, but i suppose we'll see more and more of them (like "The Emporers Children") as time passes and books written at that time have time to get published.

She weaves the stories of her characters beautifully. I loved this book!