If you are a fan of Maeve Binchy's works, you already know these characters, and the plots. You know the place - only a small part of the book is set in Dublin; most of it is in the West, in a village on the coast. As usual, there are a mis-matched group of near-strangers, brought together for an arbitrary occassion - this time it is the opening of a small inn - each with a life problem that must be confronted (or, notably for one character, avoided) and how that plays out. The pleasure is in spending time with these people as they face up to their problems, or fail to, and the understanding (and compassion) for people that Maeve always shows.

Publication Year: 2012