Swallow Bookworms' cloice for June was Light on Snow by Anita Shreve, and it was much better appreciated than some of our recent choices, although it is worth noting that none of the men had managed to finish it.
Told from the point of view of twelve year old Nicky it deals both with her growing up, and both her and her father's coming to terms with tragedies - their own and other people's. It had some interesting stuff to say about the nature of grief, and - despite my dislike of narratives written in the present tense (almost stream of consciousness) - I found it a good, quick read, a level or so more thought provoking than the standard aga-saga of light reading. Which view was largely echoed by the rest of the group.
(By the way - note to the paperback publishers: we all hated the cover design, not least because the child in the picture is wearing a machine knitted hat when great stress is laid in the novel of her enjoyment of hand-knitting.)
I read that on hoiday last Christmas, it was in the house we rented on Gabriola, although the weather it described matched that in Ottowa rather than west coast BC. I thought it was a good holiday read too and have since read two or three others by same author, current one 'All he ever wanted' is a variation as it is set between 1899 and 1930s.