

And Signora, whose passionate past remained a secret as she changed all their lives forever.įrom the New York Times best-selling author of This Year It Will Be Different, The Glass Lake, and Circle of Friends, comes a novel filled with Maeve Binchy's signature warmth, wit, and sheer storytelling genius - a spellbinding tale of men and women whose quiet lives hide the most unexpected things. Binchy assembles a cast of characters who have been dealt bad hands, made bad discards, foolishly upped antes, and bluffed or have otherwise lost in life's poker game. But Aidan's dream was headed for disaster until the mysterious Signora appeared, transforming a shared passion for Italy into a life-altering adventure for them all.bank clerk Bill and his dizzy fiance Lizzie: a couple headed for trouble.Kathy, a hardworking innocent propelled into adulthood in a shocking moment of truth.Connie, the gorgeous rich lady with a scandal ready to explode.glowering Lou, who joined the class as a cover for crime. It was Latin teacher Aidan Dunne's last chance to revive a failing marriage and a dead-end career.


They came together at Mountainview College, a down-at-the-heels secondary school on the seamy side of Dublin, to take a course in Italian. That's where the real passion was lurking.
