Miriam uproots her eleven-year-old daughter, Eva, from the high-pressure life of New York City and all that Eva knows, to a quieter, healthier life in the country. Will Eva become less of a wild child? Will Miriam find love again after the death of her young husband (told movingly in flashback)? The story keeps us guessing, yet I found the solitary life of Burl, the honey farmer, the most absorbing.