" I'm a Trollope fan - love domestic tales set in England - but this isn't one of my favorites. Although it has its moments, none of the six women who compose this tale of female friendship are as carefully and attentively developed as I would have liked. Some of them are downright unlikable, and none of them is particularly tolerant of each other. I found Eleanor, the older retired woman who brings them all together, to be particularly exasperating - she is so ready to let others know her opinions of them and their behavior. It comes across as intolerably smug and self-righteous, although I suspect we're supposed to admire her even as we are occasionally irritated by her. Anyway, I did enjoy Trollope's smooth prose and excellent dialogue, as well as her sparks of humor - these carried me through fairly happily to the end of the book. "
— Eva, 2/12/2014