I felt there was something just touched on but not fully developed: points about love and home, belonging and ownership, need and guilt and prayers asked and answered. The book definitely touched on some deep themes, but didn't convey them in an especially memorable way. The story also moved very, very slowly, without any compensatory insightful dialogue. Jeb Twohey did touch my heart though and the descriptions of him lost state were very good. The Grandfather seemed to come straight out of every L. Lou could be interesting, but wasn't developed enough. Clothilde's mother was a cypher - sometimes practical and hard-working, other times strangely passive. The other characters were not as compelling. The setting certainly connected with me - a coastal peninsula in Maine around WWI - and I really liked Clothilde, who was a very realistic and well-drawn character.
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