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Nov 11, 2015Wong_Anne rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
This book gripped me from the beginning. Having just completed an international move, I could identify with the organization and stress that Stanley was experiencing; and the possibility that something might have been missed. Stanley regards his belongings as things but they are his things, collected over the years and with memories attached. He doesn't want the insurance payment he wants what he had. As he and his wife start their drive across country to their retirement home, his childhood memories and experiences are unfolded for the reader, knowledge to which his wife has never been privy. His childhood in Poland, during the war shaped who he was to become. I enjoyed this book up to the last several chapters - when it became somewhat darker.