This multi-layered and many-charactered novel reads almost like a collection of short fables. Our author was in her early 20s when she wrote this novel and that fact makes this book so remarkable. Its stories read like adult fairy tales. The main plot line a young female doctor seeks to find the story behind her beloved grandfather's death in doing so she unravels other mysteries that her grandfather had shared with her through stories. She's an amazing new author who writes with a depth beyond her years.