"There is something about Irish novelist Maeve Binchy's storytelling that is habit-forming." Buffalo News "Redolent of the life-affirming enthusiasm that is Greek village life, Binchy's newest is a rich homage to meaningful relationships." Carol Haggas, Booklist "You'll feel you've known these people all your life." Seattle Times "As welcome as a hearthside armchair in the middle of a blizzard." The Denver Post "The sort of book you should take with you on a trip to the Greek islands." Boston Globe

Nights of Rain and Stars
Maeve Binchy

In a tiny Greek village, tourists enter a hilltop tavern, alone and in pairs, for a casual lunch. But a sudden tragedy in the harbor below causes these perfect strangers to become unlikely friends as their lives begin to entwine.

Fiona left her nursing career in Ireland to be with the man everyone thinks is wrong for her. Elsa fled Germany and her high-powered television job once she learned what the man she loved was hiding from her. Thomas mourns his failed marriage and misses his young son in California, while David yearns to reconcile with his family in England without having to go into the family business. Chance has brought them together, and together they will find new ways of looking at the lives they left behind.

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NAL Accent, August 2008
336 pages ISBN: 0451224116
Trade Size (reprint)
$16.00