I'm a big Jodi Picoult fan, so I'm trying to read all of her books. This one came, and i looked at the premise and thought - eh? I started reading and thought eh! Skimming forward and reading the reviews i thought EH! And decided there was no need to finish it. Usually her books center around a moral problem that make you think, mostly with a kind of twist. This book is just about a woman who is leaving her husband, who works too much, taking her daughter with her. They are driving from CA to New England, because the daughter is too scared to fly (for a good reason). Having recently flown from SF to NH and back, i know it's a LONG trip and driving would be even longer. They don't get a map like normal people, but rely on letters from her brother in new england to guide them. they will stop at a post office in a small town, pick up the letter that leads them to another small post office in another small town, wait for a new letter, etc. OMG. seriously? also, there is no twist, no nothing. just people flipping around thinking about their feelings and writing letters. i think this was one of her earlier books before she got her style. this old style is way too boring for me, sorry jodi. i can't read this, i'm going on to the next book.