Title: Depth of Characters, and Unveiling Backstories
Review: The alchoholic character is true to many I have know through AA associations - it does miss out on there being a sponsor-type or stand-in, although Andreas might have been. Other bits of lives are verities, and the heartbroken Andreas is the catalyst to the strangers' lives becoming intertwined. Having an all-wise Vonni is the one oh-too-convenient character, yet her flaws are also nearly fatal to her.This is a book for those who enjoyed "Enchanted April", and deserving of a movie, itself.Of course, a yahoo from Alabama will be disappointed there are no priests and leprechauns from Blarney, but the characters speak appropriately for their varied origins, although I don't think my cargo shorts are so laughable, nor would I ask a woman I had kissed in a bedroom if it were "gross", especially if she spoke German. Oh, well, this is an Irish writer - the rest was true to my years living among the "Continental natives" and the ex-pats.
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