Book Review:The varied characters in Maura Treacy`s first novel are a testament of her ability as a writer. Pauline, youngest sister of bridegroom, Desi Heaslip, wanted by her boyfriend Kevin in a way completely alien to her mother`s understanding, Kal, the divorced sister, courted again by elusive Pat MacDenamin: cousin Father Gerry Costello, who finds his vocation crumbling: And the older age group, enjoying the air of freedom and ease against a background of neighbourly, gleeful, scandal-mongering.
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