If this book was set in the 1960s, it would have made more sense. But for a modern era book, it felt out of touch with reality.
I felt like the author was trying too hard to emulate Eudora Welty or William Faulkner by using literary prose. There was too much prose.
The stereotype of a Southern family: a well-to-do, high-society, university town people, was used as a "norm". Even the assumption that Southerners aren't familiar with the ways of the world was irritating.
The character seemed childish, not as a 45 yr old but more like a 25 yr old.
At 45, the angst of what happened as children would have left and it left me wondering if Eva ever matured.
There was nothing original nor unique about this story.
If you are looking for a Christian book, which this is marketed as, then this is NOT the book you want. It leans heavily on mysticism, such as Hindu yoga and Kachina woman/Hera/Kuan Yin, Mary, which are pagan beliefs. The medicine wheel is anti-Christian. The Garden of Eden is mention in a more carnal depiction. The book defends these New Age practices.
If this was a secular book, then it is written well.
For a Southern novel, I did not expect to see outdated terminology for the region and time. So that was jarring.