If you can get past the (intentional) grammatical errors, this is a good book. Tells the story of Hanna (the mom), Lawrence (the 9 year old narrator) and Jemima (the 3 year old little sister) and the trip they take to Rome in search of safety (from their estranged father) and the carefree life their mom had enjoyed there as a young adult. Soon we discover that there is much more going on than originally thought. The book kind of sucks you in and drags you along on the trip, dropping clues which we view from Lawrence's perspective...a child who believes in and trusts his mom.