![]() Maeve Binchy has long proved herself a secure hand at multiple story lines, and over the course of 500 satisfying pages she focuses on Ria her best friend, Rosemary Ryan, a beautiful, endlessly selfish career woman Gertie, the battered wife of a drunkard and several other intriguing women, each of whom has secrets not to be shared. Danny Lynch from the broken-down cottage in the back of beyond and Ria Johnson from the corner house in the big, shabby estate were not only living like gentry in a big Tara Road mansion, they were actually debating what style of dining table to buy." But for its various inhabitants, the street is to become a boulevard of dreams-some broken, others created anew. ![]() In 1982, property speculation is beginning to be a big, big thing in Dublin-and their street is very much in an up-and-coming part of town. Editorial Review Oprah Book Club® Selection, September 1999: Against all odds, two newlyweds manage to buy the house of their dreams. ![]()
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