I really enjoyed this book on many levels -- it's well written, the prose is evocative (with lovely descriptions of Paris) and at its core it addresses the fact that our past (and our secrets) are just under the surface.

For Clare Moorhouse, this past comes charging into the present and her choices (past and present) profoundly affect her life and her family.

The author has written a sympathetic and lovely novel that lets you put yourself in Clare's shoes and then challenges you to decide what you would have done in her place.

Set in Paris after 9/11 it also calls into focus the challenges of being an American living abroad at a time when terrorism is part of daily concerns and what that means to the lives of all people.