An heartwarming book. It clearly makes one realize how unimportant material things are. The historical facts were informative.

While the subject is interesting I found the weaving in of the sub-plots disjointed and not as developed as they could have been. As a member of a book club, I do not think book clubs would enjoy having this book for discussion. I think there were to many characters in the …more book, all who could have been developed more. (less)