This Must Be the Place (Hardcover) by Kate Racculia

from RidgewayGirl

Kate Racculia's debut novel has a fantastic first half, stumbles a little and then makes it securely across the finish line. Arthur Rook is knocked sideways by the sudden death of his wife. He gathers his wife's shoebox of momentoes and her cat and takes off for her hometown, specifically the boa...

from tloeffler

Mona Jones and her teenaged daughter Oneida are living a peaceful existence, running the Darby-Jones boarding house and a successful wedding cake business, when their life is disrupted by the arrival of Arthur Rook. Arthur has followed the address on an unsent postcard from his deceased wife Amy ...

from bookaholicmom

In the beginning of the book, I thought Arthur was going to be the main character. He takes his deceased wife's mementos in a pink shoe box to seek out Mona to find out more about his wife's past. However, after getting more into the book it seems as though Oneida is the main character and it bec...

from Twink

Arthur Rook's wife Amy is killed in a workplace accident. Arthur cannot comprehend that she is well and truly gone from his life. In going through her closet, he comes upon a pink shoebox filled with tiny treasures and mementos. And an unmailed postcard from 16 years ago that reads: "Mona, I'm so...

from AddlestoneBrowsing

On the surface the novel is about Arthur and his feelings towards the loss of his wife Amy--the other layer is about Amy, her best friend Mona and the life she lives in her hometown. I liked how the story progressed, showing how Amy and Mona are not as simple as they appear to be. The complexity ...