Title: Great idea but doesn't come to life
Product review: While the story line was intriguing (WWII and its effects on some of the inhabitants of small town Bexham), what should have been an emotional heart-warming/rending read left me feeling flat. Bingham tried to bring too many characters to life and as a result they all seemed colourless. The "unexpected" ending to Judy Melton's romance read like a last minute idea to give the book a "happily ever after" feeling; the heroics of Meggie were too sketchy to prompt any feelings of peril on her behalf; Rusty's transformation from young war hero to debutante came off sounding rather silly. All in all, I felt that the love affairs of each of the "main" characters read like a teenage novel and the sorrow of the war tragedies come across as if written in a monotone voice. Finally, the subject of the prologue, The Chestnut Tree, was woven so loosely into the story as to be almost forgotten altogether.This book evoked neither my laughter nor my tears.
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