Commonwealth was our 2nd read for the Sizzler Book Club at Otsego Library. The author did a good job delving into the characters' thoughts by switching the story line to each one at different points. The story centered around one family's divorce and how it affected the six children, throughout their lives. It particularly focused on the death of one boy, and the trickle effects of the "secret" surrounding that death. Each character added little pieces of information to that day as the story progressed. At first, when the character and the timeline switched, it took me a while to catch on, but in the end, I appreciated the author's approach.
My overall thought throughout was that our choices in life do not just affect us, there are ripple effects to our kids, to our friends, to our church families...sometimes our selfishness rears its ugly head, we succumb to the pull of that, and we are left with the fallout.
