4 stars
I wanted to read this book for a couple of reason's. First of all, I went to see Anna Quindlen speak once and have been a big fan ever since. Her book How Reading Changed My Life is one of my favorites that I read annually. I am also very interested in the subject of drowned towns as that happened in my own region of the country. While the whole town was not drowned, there are houses, barns and who knows what else under our local reservoir. This book follows Mimi Miller and her family from the sixties on as they deal with a changing society and environment. Their farm has existed in Miller's Valley for generations and is a part of who they are. As the state threatens to flood the area and the community deals with war and the changing fabric of society, Mimi must strive and make decisions for her future. This is a quiet novel but I never once lost interest in the story. It is foremost a story about family and home and how even though you can leave a place (or put it under 40 feet of water), that place never leaves you. I found this book very beautifully written with an important story of our past. I received this book through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
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