and I loving reading the books first. It was really good. It was effortless to read and you could really understand what the characters were feeling. Great read. I am going to try to talk my book group into it for our next pick.

The book club had mixed reviews for the book, some loved it, a few didn't like it at all & some were nonplussed. It did have lots of things to talk about, both with the help of the publishers reading questions and our own insights/comments/questions about characters & events. Had a good discussion.

3.5*** Matthew King, a descendant of Hawaiian royalty, owns of one of the largest pieces of undeveloped real estate in the islands. But that is not his focus these days. His wife, Joanie, lies in a coma after a boating accident. This is a contemplative novel, and Jonathan Davis does a fine job of narrating the audio version. His deliberate, slow reading is the perfect pace for voicing Matt as he observes and absorbs what his family really is vs what he thought it was, and considers what to do – with the land, with his daughters, with this new knowledge he has about his wife and his marriage. It’s a fine debut novel. I would read another work by Hemmings.

The book kept you wanting to read on. Interesting plot. very moving subject. .