The Red Garden by Alice Hoffman

This book is for anyone who loves figuring out where they came from even if it means you might be from the crazy side of the family.  From page one I wanted to traipse up a mountain and lay down by the river waiting for a horse trader with long hair to wander by.  Brave and fearless is how I would describe the characters of this book and the book itself.  Hoffman as a way of describing love as all encompassing and passionate without it being lustful and crass.