This is a book that I found very difficult to put down. Catherine Chanter does an excellent job creating a situation that is direly difficult: creating such believable and real characters coping with incredible happenings and needs that you find yourself not able to get the answers you want--at least not right away. She has you reading because things are presented right at the beginning that have you asking why?--and you want to know. It gets more complicated, the main character, Ruth, is writing the story and you follow her thinking, actions and feeling as you go through this absolute thriller. Can't wait for my book club to get hold of it!!!!!

I had difficulty getting through this book but was glad that I did complete it. I felt the characters were flat and I could not get into the feeling of the book until the end---where the characters became more real to me, but that may have been because I could identify with the ending. I would not suggest this to my Book Club.

I did not think I would enjoy this book a great deal, but must say that I have. Lisa Napoli is simply talking to you as she relates her story. I so appreciated her insight and growth, which she states so well and clearly. Her ability in giving backgrounds to people and happenings made the reader understand Bhutan, its people and the affect this place had on Lisa. This would be a good book for book clubs.