As a lover of "Memory Keeper's Daughter", I found this book less captivating. There were several story lines that were not necessary to the main story and only added more characters and more descriptions of people and places. It was not a book that I couldn't put down. In fact, it was hard to pick up where I left off because some of it was far from memorable.

Feeling unsettled and discontented with her life and her romance, Lucy returns home at loose ends. The storyline seemed predictable and plodding at this stage, but Lucy soon gets caught up in the search for information about an unknown ancestor, Rose, by following a trail laid by old letters and stained glass windows. Engrossed in Rose’s long ago struggles, Lucy begins to reevaluate her own life and determine what matters to her. Interesting intertwining of the two life stories. There are mysteries and secrets in both. The story of Rose adds depth to Lucy's young woman's angst. I think this story would have meant more to me in my younger years than it does to me now on the other side of all those decisions that seemed so difficult to Lucy. Very satisfying ending.

We found the main character self-absorbed and uninteresting. Interest didn't pick up till half way through the book when letters from an ancestor were read.