Dr. Clara Casey has the job of setting up the new heart clinic in a hospital in Ireland. Clara isn't exactly thrilled with the job but she throws herself into decorating it and staffing it with the best people possible. As Clara works usually uphill against the hospital administration, she manages to put together an amazing staff and they are changing the lives of the heart patients they work with. As usual, the staff seems to be very diversified but over time their lives intermingle and they become a family to one another.
Maeve Binchy is a wonderful storyteller. She tends to work in almost short stories, focusing on one character and then another. She does a great job of turning these short stories into a novel filled with people that you like and care about. The only thing that bothered me in this book is that many of the characters seemed to be from previous books. I had read Whitethorn Woods and recognized several characters from there. Some of the characters had obviously come from another story and I felt I was missing quite a bit of background info. Still, I liked the book and Maeve Binchy is always a treat.
Rating - 4 stars
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