Set in Stoneybridge, a small town on the western coast of Ireland where no neighbor is a stranger, Chicky Starr has found the perfect spot, grand and high on a cliff, overlooking the Atlantic Ocean for her bed and breakfast. Everyone in town thinks she's lost it, for her location is a dilapidated mansion, and seems unlikely to be a peaceful setting for a sea side holiday.
Assisted by Rigger and Orla, her handy neighbor and business savvy niece, Chicky remodels the place to welcome her first houseguests. Yet with an unlikely cast of characters, what is supposed to be a relaxing holiday for a motley crew of new arrivals, could become a topsy turvy tailspin.
Marked with the particular wit and warm tone of author Maeve Binchy, this final novel, written just before her death, will embrace her fans once again with her charming, Irish flair for a good yarn.
Maeve Binchy, born in 1940, was a novelist, a writer of short stories, a columnist, and a playwright. She is renowned for her good humor in relating the small town idiosyncrasies of Ireland, for her empathy, and for her clever twists in storytelling. She was Ireland's favorite writer at the time of her death in 2012. She has been featured on the New York Times best seller list as well as Oprah's Book Club. Honored for her "total absence of malice" and for her generosity to other writers, when she passed away, thousands of readers worldwide mourned her death and celebrated her life and contribution to literary arts.
"I highly recommend this book too! I read it in just one day (but mostly because I have a cold and didn't feel up to anything else!) This is a wonderful story of the people starting up a bed and breakfast on the coast of Western Ireland and the dozen or so people that arrive as the first guests for a week in winter. I love that each character comes with their own detailed back story that adds so much to the whole story. It makes me wonder about all the people I meet and that they have stories too. WARNING: this book made me want to visit Ireland, in fact if there were a real Stone House in Stonybridge, I might start planning a trip..."
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Dejah (5 out of 5 stars)