Reading a Maeve Binchy novel is like settling in for a cozy visit
with an old friend. In vintage Binchy style, a cast of colorfully
eccentric characters living in a snug Dublin neighborhood seamlessly
weave in and out of each other.s lives, united by family, faith,
friendship, and community. When a young alcoholic learns he has
fathered a child with a dying woman, he must step into the role of
father, protector, and provider to his infant daughter, Frankie, in
a matter of weeks. Determined to succeed, though totally unprepared
for his new responsibilities, Noel gets an essential assist from his
visiting American cousin. Exercising her tremendous gifts of
organization and insight, Emily cobbles together a neighborhood
support system, featuring a few familiar faces from previous Binchy
books. As everybody begins to mind Frankie, a suspicious social
worker pokes her nose in where it doesn.t belong, attempting to
dredge up any dirt she can on Noel and his slightly unorthodox
network of babysitters. Readers will need a box of tissues handy as
the good-hearted residents of St. Jarlath.s Crescent prove that it
does indeed take a village to raise a child. --Margaret Flanagan

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