This wonderful book causes you to feel the full spectrum of emotions, happiness for them, heartbreak, outrage, frustration and sorrow to name just a few. It is because this wonder writer draws each so perfectly that we feel what they do. While angry at the percieved motivations of one, there is also the traits that allow you to understand how they may reason out their twisted behavior. I read this once a year and each time the ending takes my breath, makes me cry, makes me think about our own capacity to act in behalf of those we love in ways we can't begin to imagine unless necessity is forced upon us. Read this in the warmpth of summer by a lake or in the depth of winter by a fire. If you have a sister you love, keep her close in mind as you read this book. Enjoy!