This novel, set in Ireland, is like the Blarney Stone. Instead of myth, however, it carries the tempestuous and poignant lives of kate, Bernie, Aileen, Mira, Oona and Colleen. Kate, the American traveler, walks around Ireland until she can walk no more. She ends up in the isolated and stunningly beautiful coastal town of Glenmara. A struggling fashion designer, Kate leaves her broken heart in Seattle and carries her mother’s golden thimble around her neck. Her losses become her beginnings. Her pain and the wounds of the Irish lace makers who take her in become intricately weaved into their new lives. I loved the feel of Glenmara and the raucous, sometimes cruel sea surrounding Barbieri’s characters in mist and rain, and green hills, mauve and rose sunsets.
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Overall: 4.5
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