PositiveThe Houston ChronicleThere’s plenty of drama, and because this book has its beach-read elements, everyone you encounter is attractive, like they were cast straight out of Lake Wobegon. But there’s also no shortage of stick-with-you moments, exploring familial and personal grief that will leave you wondering, \'What would I do?\' and wishing the protagonists knew what you know ... In the back half of The Daisy Children, as Katie grows ever closer to her grandmother’s secrets, the pace quickens with hope for a tidy resolution. But as with so many tragedies—both of the intimate, family variety and collective ones like the New London explosion—Grant embraces another universal truth: that perfect conclusions are often just out of reach.
