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Reader's Review:
Patchett's reputation for well written character driven novels has not been sullied in her latest book. The story of a family and the consequences of a near fatal auto crash is compelling. The matriarch of this family has three husbands during the course of her life, but the impact of one in particular, Eddie, has everlasting consequences. The title is a metaphor for someone who saves you. Well paced until the denouement, which is not uplifting, it is in fact more than depressing. Spoiled the plot for me. Not that life is tidy, but this was more than I could bear. -Edie S.