The Lake of Dreams is the recent novel by Kim Edwards, author of The Memory Keeper’s Daughter. In the novel, Lucy Jarrett has been living abroad in Indonesia, and Japan, as far away as she can get from the town she grew up in, Lake of Dreams, where her father died in an accident ten years earlier.

When she returns home to spend time with her mother, after she has been in a minor accident, Lucy is dragged back into the past in more ways than she could have imaginged. She uncovers the story of Rose Jarrett, a long lost and forgotten relative, and while searching for clues about Rose’s life, she uncovers answers to her own questions.

I love Edward’s writing. She is a born novelist and it is a joy to sink into one of her books. I’m not sure if I liked it quite as much as The Memory Keeper’s Daughter, but it’s still a great read.