These four stories, set in the heart of Dublin's fashionable Southside, focus on the dilemmas facing ordinary people.
There is - a society hostess who invites her husband's mistress to dinner, a country girl lost in the big city, a reformed drinker beset by temptations and a student grappling with the problem of an unplanned pregnancy.
With her intimate grasp of human feeling and her uncanny ear for dialogue, Maeve Binchy lavishes sympathy and affection on all her characters, brave and foolish alike.
"Fans of Cathy Kelly will enjoy A Year Like No Other" - Chick Lit Review and News
"Carol Coffey is a must-read for fans of Jodi Picoult" - Sunday Independent
“It’s a real page turner with plenty of twists to keep you guessing until the end” – U Magazine
“In these austere times we need a laugh more than ever and the best-selling author of Chasing Rainbows provides plenty” - Irish Independent
The Other Side of Wonderful - Caroline Grace-Cassidy
What would you do if you were told that your unborn baby will be profoundly handicapped? What choices would you make?
Sam Leahy is a shy, fifteen-year-old boy navigating two social worlds: the uptight bullies at his all-boys' private school and the small uncouth gang in his neighbourhood.
Girls, sex, drinking, drugs, fights, destruction of property and a dead body - it's a lot for a teen in school to handle, especially when he's trying to figure out who he is and who his friends really are.
Uninspired artist Katie's life in New York, and almost everyone in it, has been about as genuine as a Prada handbag from Chinatown. When it all comes crashing down she flees back to Ireland. There she finds her dormant artistic inspiration unexpectedly reignited in a small rural town.
Inside those walls was a man, as young as I was, learning how to become a man of God. He owns my heart to this day.