After "Tara Road" Maeve Binchy's novels Became unrealistic, superficial and naive, Which is a pity, Because I loved her first books a lot. So Here she exaggerated with coincidences and twists of fate, Which are very unlikely to happen. As I am a social worker myself, I know, That if you take your work seriously, would never go and have lunch with one of the people you have to look after, let alone tell them about your childhood and your problem. I never met somebody so unprofessional as the woman presented in the book. It is entertaining to read, but the story is very predictable and unrealistic. You know that after a while all will magically turn out well.