Clara Casey has more than enough on her plate. Her daughters Adi and Linda were no problem at all during the usually turbulent teens. Now in their twenties, Adi is always fighting for or against something: the environment or the whale or battery farming; while Linda lurches from one unsatisfactory relationship to the next. As if this wasn't enough, Clara, a senior cardiac specialist, has a new job to cope with...
For Ania, meeting Clara Casey is a miracle: she had never intended to leave her beloved Poland, but after the love of her life has turned sour, her world seems rather empty. Perhaps a new job in a new country will mend her broken heart?
Declan is looking forward to joining the clinic - but the six-month posting brings him much more than he expected. Then there's Father Brian Flynn, who finds his doubts about his calling are assuaged by work in his new parish. But when an acquaintance turns into a nightmare he needs help to rescue his reputation...
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CHOICE
She knows how to fashion a minor drama into a crisis, and book rattles along from one gripping story to another, leaving the reader with a satisfying glow ... It does exactly what it says on the tin: gives and heart and soul.
DAILY MAIL
Oh, the bliss ... Maeve's back, on top form ... The heart is the theme, literally and metaphorically, and this is heartwarming stuff - sweet but never cloying.
THE TIMES
Maeve Binchy's comfy prose is as warming as cocoa.
METRO
To read it is like being wrapped up in pink blanket with a hot-water bottle - but, make no mistake, there is magic at work.
Elizabeth Buchan
SUNDAY TIMES
HEART AND SOUL is another instant classic, infused with Maeve's trademark warmth, charm and compassion. ... she is the Queen of Fiction and one of the funniest and and best-loved storytellers in the world. ... once you read Maeve you are hooked for life.
IRISH TIMES
Maeve Binchy's latest novel is packed as usual with wonderful characters ... Full of warmth, caring and commonsense.
CHOICE
She knows how to fashion a minor drama into a crisis, and book rattles along from one gripping story to another, leaving the reader with a satisfying glow ... It does exactly what it says on the tin: gives and heart and soul.
DAILY MAIL
Oh, the bliss ... Maeve's back, on top form ... The heart is the theme, literally and metaphorically, and this is heartwarming stuff - sweet but never cloying.
THE TIMES
Maeve Binchy's comfy prose is as warming as cocoa.
METRO
To read it is like being wrapped up in pink blanket with a hot-water bottle - but, make no mistake, there is magic at work.
Elizabeth Buchan
THE SUNDAY TIMES
... Heart and Soul is another instant classic, infused with Maeve's trademark warmth, charm and compassion. ... she is the Queen of Fiction and one of the funniest and and best-loved storytellers in the world. ... once you read Maeve you are hooked for life.
Niamh Greene
IRISH TIMES
The title is a good indicator of the kind of cockle-warming yarn Maeve Binchy has woven here.
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