I'm half way through Good to a Fault by Alberta author Marina Endicott. The story is about a single woman in her 40's who is driving and hits a van with a family inside. As the story unfolds, the reader learns that the family lives in the van and was travelling to Fort McMurray to re-locate and find work.
The main character, Clara, takes in the family as the mother goes into the hospital, later diagnosed with cancer, and the father skips town. She tries to take care of the children, their grandmother, and the mother in the hospital, slowly dying. Dealing with guilt is a major theme of this book. How far is going too far? It reminds me of Will Smith's movie, Seven Pounds. If you haven't seen it, you should.
Good to a Fault is a book club read and so far people are loving it. I'm about half way through right now, and left wondering what is happening between Clara and her Priest, as well as with Uncle Darwin.
I'll let you know . . .
The main character, Clara, takes in the family as the mother goes into the hospital, later diagnosed with cancer, and the father skips town. She tries to take care of the children, their grandmother, and the mother in the hospital, slowly dying. Dealing with guilt is a major theme of this book. How far is going too far? It reminds me of Will Smith's movie, Seven Pounds. If you haven't seen it, you should.
Good to a Fault is a book club read and so far people are loving it. I'm about half way through right now, and left wondering what is happening between Clara and her Priest, as well as with Uncle Darwin.
I'll let you know . . .
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