March Murray returns with her teenage daughter, Gwen, to the Massachusetts town where she grew up for the funeral of a family friend.March can't seem to stay away from Hollis, a boy that she loved growing up. March doesn't know much about the life Hollis led while she was gone from the town. But she doesn't care, and seems pulled to him.
Neither March's close friend nor Gwen like Hollis, and are both upset when March decides that she and Gwen will move in with Hollis and Hollis' nephew, Henry.
It was at this point that I really started disliking the book. There were so many questions that I had. Since I was listening to an abridged version, maybe the full version would answer the questions. My main concern was that March left her husband in California to make a quick trip home for a funeral. And weeks later decides to move in with another man. What about her husband? How do you make the jump from visiting your old home town to moving in with another man? And what does her husband say or do? Why doesn't he come to Massachusetts to talk with March and find out what's going on? After all, it's his daughter there too.
Back to the story, though. We then find out that Hollis's first wife repeatedly had bruises and died basically from neglect. After March & Gwen move in with Hollis and Henry, Hollis cuts the phone line, puts March's car out of commission, and confiscates the mail before March can see it. Oh, and I think Gwen falls in love with Henry even though he is her 1st cousin.
Hollis bullies Gwen and March into submission and Gwen finally gets the guts and brains to ask her dad for help getting back to California. Hollis then finally scares March enough and she leaves him. After she leaves, he is killed in a car accident.
What is March's response? Does March return to her husband? Who knows because the abridged book didn't tell me.
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