Carol Higgins Clark (1956–2023)

One American woman and one Irish trade homes for the summer. Each have a family tragedy they want to distance themselves from to sort out their new realities. Through meeting one another’s friends and family, they learn much about each other and themselves.
Tara Road represents the home we believe in and the reality of how far that dream may be from the truth.
Perceptions and relationships are deeply explored in this tale of two families an ocean apart.
Healing from tragedy comes in its own time and way which the author masterfully delivers.
I came upon this book in the swap shelves of a cruise ship exploring Norway. Now I want more of Binchy’s work:… (mere)

One American woman and one Irish trade homes for the summer. Each have a family tragedy they want to distance themselves from to sort out their new realities. Through meeting one another’s friends and family, they learn much about each other and themselves.
Tara Road represents the home we believe in and the reality of how far that dream may be from the truth.
Perceptions and relationships are deeply explored in this tale of two families an ocean apart.
Healing from tragedy comes in its own time and way which the author masterfully delivers.
I came upon this book in the swap shelves of a cruise ship exploring Norway. Now I want more of Binchy’s work:… (mere)

Packy Noonan was able to stash away a flask of diamonds worth $70 million in one of the largest Christmas trees in Stowe, Vermont, before he was arrested and sent to prison for 12 years on other high crime con frauds. He was just biding his time until his release. He would then cut the tree down and retrieve the hidden diamonds, move to Brazil and work on a new identity, with a new facelift and all.

Meanwhile, this tree was chosen by the Rockefeller Center in New York to be cut down this year for their Christmas tree. As it turns out Willie and Alvirah, and some good friends from New Jersey have all planned a trip to Stowe on the same weekend it was to be cut down.

Everyone was excited, and everyone was headed to Stowe, Virginia. Packy was being released from prison and was planning on cutting down the tree holding his diamonds. Willie and Alvirah were going to find the tree given to them to collect maple syrup from. And they were all going to get to see the tree cutting for this year's Christmas tree in New York.

This was a fast and actually pretty good little read. Although the ending was predictable, the story was cute and interesting.… (mere)