Anita Shreve is one of my favorite authors, so I had high hopes of A Change in Altitude. It's the story of Margaret, from whose point of view the story is told, her husband Patrick and their sojourn in Africa. While it seems a romantic idea to visit Africa, and the fulfillment of a dream, it soon turns sour after a mountain climbing expedition results in the death of one of the party. They struggle to recover equilibrium after that. While I found the book mildly interesting, I wasn't gripped in the way I have been by some of her previous novels and found the characters kind of dull. If you're an Anita Shreve fan you'll probably read it anyway, but there's no need to rush.
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