Julia, the novel’s main character drifts back and forth from present to past.  Now a child psychologist, on her way to being a magistrate later on in the novel, you wonder how she has come this far in life as she reveals the darker and troubled parts of herself.  Did things actually happen the way Julia seems to remember them as an eight year old;  especially on that one day that changed the course of her life?  Powerful book about guilt, self-deception, and forgiveness.