Maeve Binchy

With the warmth, humor and compassion we've come to expect, Maeve Binchy tells a story of family, friends, patients, and staff who are part of a heart clinic in a community caught between the old and the new Ireland. Dr. Clara Casey has been offered the thankless job of establishing the underfunded clinic, and agrees to take it on for a year. Before long it is an essential part of the community, and Clara must decide whether or not to leave this place...

Hoping to revitalize a dead-end career, Latin teacher Aidan Dunne is forming an evening Italian class. But the prospect of attracting students to his small secondary school on the seamy side of Dublin is daunting --until the appearance of Signora. This mysterious Irish woman, who speaks fluent Italian, has a contagious passion for Italy and for life. When she agrees to teach the class to a motley group of Dubliners, the consequences are life-altering...

The children, friends, and relatives of Desmond and Deirdre Doyle gather in a small London suburb to honor the couple on the occasion of their twenty-fifth wedding anniversary.