One Day

I don't know where to begin.  It took me a long time to get through this book because in the beginning I kept thinking "What is the point?". It's about 400+ pages and I honestly didn't really get into the story until about page 244.  BUT.....the last 120+ pages left me stunned, teary-eyed and philosophical about life, love and the path of our lives.  I finished the book around midnight and I lay in bed just thinking about it for another hour.  I think it's because I really identified with the character Emma. Then I read some reviews and the one that most closely said what I was feeling was that it is a book that is quiet in it's profoundness and "it melts as you read it so that you don't notice all the hard work that it's doing".