Tara Road

Summary

Maeve Binchy has earned an international following with best-selling novels that include The Copper Beech and The Glass Lake. Her works trace the lives of unforgettable Irish women and create rich scenes of their families and friends. Ria lives a charmed life with her adoring husband and two young children. She fills their large Dublin house with the warmth of gourmet cooking and company. But when the charm breaks, and her husband leaves her for a young, pregnant girlfriend, Ria makes an impulsive decision. She switches houses for the summer with an American woman. Soon, Ria finds herself in rural Connecticut, and the American enters Ria’s busy Irish neighborhood. As the weeks pass, each woman will uncover secrets that could change the other’s life forever. Tara Road glows with Binchy’s rare talent for creating characters who become as dear to us as our closest companions. Narrator Jenny Sterlin conveys Binchy’s poignant tale with sensitivity and skill.