Anna has just lost her taste for the Big Apple…
Anna has a life to envy. An apartment in New
York. A well-meaning (too well-meaning?) partner. And a high-flying job in
beauty PR. Who wouldn’t want all that? Anna – it turns out.
Turning a minor mid-life crisis into a major
life event she bins the lot, heads back to Ireland, and gets a PR job for a
super-high-end coastal retreat.
Tougher than it sounds. Newsflash: the locals hate
it. So much so, there have been threats – and violence.
Anna, however, worked in the beauty industry. There’s
no ugliness she hasn’t seen. No wrinkle she can’t smooth over. Anna’s
got this.
Until she discovers that leaving New York
doesn’t mean escaping her mistakes.
Once upon a time she'd had a best friend. Once
upon a time she'd loved a man.
Now she has neither. And now she has to
face them.
We all make mistakes. But when do we stop
making the same one over and over again?
Review:
Anna Walsh is back and slightly broken again. Back in Ireland, not
knowing what to do with her life after leaving behind her high-flying job in
New York, her apartment and her last boyfriend. Anna feels lost, not able to
cope with the stress of her PR job anymore and sad from her amicable and very
friendly breakup with Angelo. Suddenly she is not sure what to do.
When a job comes up to work for friends Brigit and Colm to save their luxury
country retreat build and reputation with the local residents of a small town, Anna
is thrown into the intricate world of new friends, small town gossip and the
go-boy Joye – blast from the past she is not sure she is ready for.
But as they face each new crisis together, their friendship blossoms
once again and there is hope for finally being together. But trust is earned
and that seems nearly impossible for both of them.
I love the Walsh family - all the sisters and their different
characters, so liking Anna was not a problem. Joye on the other side I struggled
with a little bit – I found him weak and controlling - everything was down to
him and his decisions. But one person I disliked completely? Jacqui – she is
the worst friend I could possibly imagine – unsupportive, selfish, always the
victim. For that – the book lost a star as I was just not interested in that
relationship at all – I get it, but for me reading Anna and Jacqui’s past was
enough – any future for them was not something I even wanted to read about and
I think the book would have been better without it – at least for me.
But – bravo Marian – another fabulous book that I thoroughly enjoyed.
Thank you to NetGalley and the author for access to this book.
Rating: 4/5
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