A lovely idea, but it just didn't captivate me as I hoped it would. I had hoped to give it to a friend who is grieving but has difficulty processing those emotions. This book isn't it.

The book is distant, disengaged, partly on purpose, partly by personality.

It did propel me to read [b:Tinkers|4957350|Tinkers|Paul Harding|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255979744s/4957350.jpg|5023150] and pull out [b:On Celtic Tides: One Man's Journey Around Ireland by Sea Kayak|554188|On Celtic Tides One Man's Journey Around Ireland by Sea Kayak|Chris Duff|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1311983386s/554188.jpg|541415] for another re-read, but I don't think I'll need to revisit this one. It was by no means a poor book; it just didn't catch my attention as I'd hoped that it would.