The author lets this story develop over15 months in the relationship of the lead couple. We get to know them well and their respective families are fleshed out. Reader gets to know the couple as
individuals, friends, newlyweds and first year of marriage. She has to cope learning to live in society after self imposed sitting on the sidelines and he needs to let people in after a strict and lonely childhood. A gentle story well worth the time to read. ( )