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In the spring of 2013, my MacMillan publishing representative, Jeff, excitedly told me about an upcoming novel.  It was being published in March of 2014 and the author would be at our fall regional sales meeting.  I went to dinner with this author.  We talked about the book and its characters.  And, while I was fascinated by the story that I was being told, the book sat…and sat.  I couldn’t get around to reading it.  Finally, in late summer of 2014, I read it!  And, I needed to talk about it.  I was forced to call my rep and admit to him that it had taken me that long to get to this book that he loved.  I was embarrassed, but so relieved that I had finally picked it up. (This book review, by Sue Krall, first appeared in the Steamboat Pilot).