Rating: 
Summary: Not my favorite of hers
Review: Well, I really enjoyed Deep end of the Ocean and The Most Wanted. This was not my favorite of Mitchard's. I am an avid reader with a large vocabulary and I had a hard time following certain things that were happening. There were conversations that seemed to leave the reader hanging, descriptions of things that didn't make sense to me...
I liked the basis of the story though. Wondering what would happen was what kept me reading. However, I often found myself wondering what the characters were thinking though...
Worth a read I suppose.
Rating: 
Summary: Heart rendering -- Highly recommended
Review: When the unthinkable occurs, hearts are put on the line. Georgia and Ray die in a tragic car accident, leaving behind their one-year-old daughter Keefer. Georgia's adopted brother Gordon McKenna wants to adopt Keefer, believing it would fulfill his sister's dying wishes. Unfortunately, his wealthy in-laws also wish to adopt Keefer.Legal wrangling raise the issues of what constitutes a "blood relative" when Gordon's adoption request is initially dismissed because he is an adopted relative rather than a blood relative. When Keefer goes to life with her father's family, the typical differences in culture, religion and parenting style will echo the nightmares of any parent who lost custody of their child. Tragically, the best interest of the child becomes secondary to the letter of the law, and the needs of the survivors. Readers expecting a dramatic fight complete with courtroom drama will be disappointed. But readers expecting a carefully crafted, character-driven drama that reveals the foibles, challenges and fears related to changing family dynamics will find their expectations richly rewarded. Life-like details reveal the devastation left by grief and desperation, as young Keefer becomes the symbol of survival for two families. Selfish need replaces the best interests of the child in a poignantly tragic way even as love struggles for supremacy. The themes of judgments made based upon the letter of the law rather than its spirit will strike the heart of any parent caught in a custody battle as well as those that concern adoption issues. A remarkably heart rendering novel, A THEORY OF RELATIVITY comes highly recommended.
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