I spent last summer reading the Mitford Years series and was thrilled to see Ms.Karon had a new book coming out. I had it on reserve at my local library before it was at the book stores, and boy was I happy that I did'nt spend my hard earned money on it. It was a very weak story that should have unfolded two books back. It had no indepth description of her characters as her previous stories had. I was looking foreward to catching up with all the characters I had grown to know and love only to find the book a complete dissapointment. I looked at the series for adventure and fun only to find Ms Karon living in the past with her characters and not sharing where they are or what they are doing NOW!