You've heard of the Neverending story? Well, this is the Neverending book, with few redeeming qualities. I've been wanting to read it for awhile, but am wondering why?

- Clara, a quasi-spinster in her early 40s. The white-trash family she drives into: - Lorraine, her husband Clayton, their children Dolly,Trevor and Pearce, Mrs. Pell her mother-in-law - Darwin, Lorraine's brother. - Grace, Clara's cousin, Moreland her husband and Fern her daugher - Paul, the pastor and Clara's future lover Why does Clara open her house to total strangers? How good is she? Who is taking advantage of whom? Clara is so busy preparing her house for the family she crashed into, that she forgets to assign herself a bed in her own home. It didn't bode well! However, her character like all others in the book are layered, complexed and described with great empathy. A book that stays with you quietly. Decent people are so much more complicated and fascinating than what we first perceive of them. A great book for a book club

great story. Happy ending only conclusion, perhaps , though I can ee going in the other direc tion. Because the single career is 'good to a fault'. Really fun characters, especilly the family she takes on after hitting their car. A really fun read.

Brilliant, touching, wonderful in every way. I couldn't wait for the ending, while not wanting it to end. Read it. You'll see.

Great book. Recommended.

Well written story of a childless woman who cares for a stranger's three children. Endicott captures the feelings of the woman and of the children, and all the characters are very human. I won't give away more of the plot, but it takes the reader through pride and sorrow, just as life does. I enjoyed it and will read her other books.

Canada Reads 2010 contender. Starts with a car collision.Clara feels at fault takes on the children of the couplein the other car. The wife is dying of cancer and the husband disappears.

great story for a single woman, or any woman, the protagonist had my empathy, and I could put myself in her shoes

Beautifully detailed descriptions. But I found it hard to identify with any of the characters. The good guys were too wishy washy and the bad guys were unsympathetic and thankless. Not much here to inspire us.

Enjoyable read. Unbelievable but interesting tale.