While I was reading "Evensong" I sometimes found it easy to put down, but several weeks and several books later, it is still on my mind. A book like this that leave a lasting impression is a treasure. How often do we find a novel about the efforts of several characters to be good people, and do good in the world? "Pastor Margaret"--intelligent and attractive yet down-to earth--is an extraordinary woman I would love to meet. This book is not perfect. The boy Chase does not ring true, Grace is too weird, and the plot seems contrived in places, especially the fire in the church. However the minor charcaters (Gus, Jennifer) were well drawn, Tony was vivid, and the struggles in Margaret and Adrian's marriage were honest. Each character must find the courage to face the new milennium by coming to terms with the past.