ONE MOMENT, ONE MORNING

ONE MOMENT, ONE MORNING by Sarah Rayner

From the back of the book:

A masterfully written novel about the healing power of friendship, this is the story of three women whose lives become inextricably linked after a life-changing event during their morning commute into London.

The Brighton-to-London line.  the 7:44 AM train.  Cars packed with commuters.  One woman occupies her time observing the people around her.  Opposite her, a girl puts on makeup.  Across the aisle, a husband strokes his wife's hand.  Farther along, another woman flicks through a glossy magazine.  Then, abruptly, everything changes:  a man collapses, the train is stopped, an ambulance is called.  And for three passengers that particular morning, life will never be the same again.

There's Lou, who witnesses events firsthand.  Anna, who's impatient to get to work.  And Karen, the man's wife.  Telling the story of the week following that fateful train journey, One Moment, One Morning is a stunning novel about love and loss, about family and - above all - friendship.  A stark reminder that sometimes, one moment is all it takes to shatter everything.  Yet it also reminds us that somehow, despite it all, life can and does go on.

Blah.  This book never caught my attention.  I never felt any type of connection to the characters.  Set in England, there were a lot of English terms and expressions that took a moment or two to translate into American terms.

Just blah.