I liked this one but found myself wishing the various threads were woven a little more tightly together, though I imagine the looser weave is by design. I also just wanted more. For example, I really liked the part of the book that was set farther back in time, but there was precious little of it. The character who gets the most focus (Jeanette) wasn't all that interesting to me. The trans-generational stories were. In short, I think I would've liked this one more if had been a 500-page novel, as there's a lot to work with here and it doesn't feel like a complete treatment of the material.