pgchuis 's review for:

Siracusa by Delia Ephron
4.0

Two couples, Michael and Lizzie, and Finn and Taylor (plus daughter Snow) take a holiday together in Italy. Michael's lover, Kathy, turns up at the hotel and disasters (plural!) ensue.

The story is told by way of chapters in the first person by each of the four adults and there is a fair amount of build up and examination of the two marriages as well as descriptions of the enigmatic (i.e. plain weird) Snow. Snow's relationship with her mother, Taylor, was unsettling to say the least and the chapters from Taylor's perspective were excellent.

The ending was satisfying in many ways, but morally troubling.