unless, by Carol Shields. It's been on the shelf a while - I think my sister bought it for me as part of a Christmas present a few years back. Or I may have bought it, probably at a railway station when about to go in a journey somewhere, because I enjoyed Larry's Party by her, which my granny read and then gave me because she thought I'd also enjoy it. I'm not sure. I know that I tried to read it before, but didn't manage much more than about 50 pages... I've struggled a lot with concentrating enough to read the last few years.
I started it on the coach on the way south yesterday, and have just finished it with my breakfast coffee. That's almost normal reading speed!
Highly recommended, I thoroughly enjoyed it.