Silas House is very adept at taking the readers to a different world, and to let us feel like we know what it is like to live there. This is a poignant story about how family love can guide one through the difficulties in life. The climax might have been just a tad hackneyed, but the author writes so beautifully, I have forgiven him for this. I kept waiting for more to be revealed about the relationship between Cake's mother and Anneth, but maybe my own ideas are more satisfying, after all. House quilted the book quite movingly.