Let me know when you get Anna Karennina, and you and I will read it together...I bought it, but haven't started it yet.
I can tell you that you will love 'Vinegar Hill', I know I did.
I also think you'll like 'The Lovely Bones' by Alice Sebold, and 'I Know This Much Is True' by Wally Lamb, as well as 'She's Come Undone' (same author)
Would 'The Bonesetter's Daughter' be the title that you're looking for?
You've given me a lot of ideas of books to read, Trina, Thanks! I'm going yard saleing in the morning again, looking for more books.