Heart and Soul

by Maeve Binchy

Clara Casey has more than enough on her plate. Her daughters Adi and Linda were no problem at all during the usually turbulent teens. Now in their twenties, Adi is always fighting for or against something: the environment or the whale or battery farming; while Linda lurches from one unsatisfactory relationship to the next. As if this wasn't enough, Clara, a senior cardiac specialist, has a new job to cope with...

For Ania, meeting Clara Casey is a miracle: she had never intended to leave her beloved Poland, but after the love of her life has turned sour, her world seems rather empty. Perhaps a new job in a new country will mend her broken heart?

Declan is looking forward to joining the clinic - but the six-month posting brings him much more than he expected. Then there's Father Brian Flynn, who finds his doubts about his calling are assuaged by work in his new parish. But when an acquaintance turns into a nightmare he needs help to rescue his reputation...

• ISBN10: 030726579X
• ISBN13: 9780307265791
• Publish Date: 17 February 2009 (first published 2 October 2008)
• Publish Status: Remaindered
• Out of Print: 5 February 2015
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: Knopf Publishing Group
• Format: Hardcover
• Pages: 417
• Language: English

Reviews

[Eve1972]

There is just something comforting about Maeve Binchy's books, like curling up on a chilly night with a warm blanket and hot cup of cocoa and revisiting old friends. Miz Binchy is an expert at creating wonderful and quirky characters and intermingling their lives from book to book and her latest did not disappoint in the least!