The lastest offering from Elizabeth Berg, Once Upon a Time, There Was You, is not my favorite book by her.

It is the story of John and Irene, long divorced whose only common interest is their 18 year old daughter Sadie. There were some very distubring events in this book which I was not expecting in a Berg novel. She used these, I think unecessarily, to bring John and Irene back together again to protect Sadie, and through the process, re-evaluate their feelings for each other.

One of the problems I had with the novel was that I didn’t like Irene-the main character. This makes it hard to care much about what is happening to her.

I still think Berg is a great writer and she usually develops wonderful characters, so I will continue to read her books. This one I could have skipped.