Beginning in post-war London, this novel follows the interconnected lives of three families over the course of forty years. I had heard good things about this book and went in ready to like it. It didn’t disappoint in that it was well-imagined, -constructed and -written, but…I don’t know, I did feel it lacked a certain warmth. The characters in particular were beautifully executed, but I felt the book was giving me instructions about how to feel towards them, rather than evoking those feelings. Maybe it’s a small complaint in the scheme of things, but it dampened my reading experience somewhat.