Dusty's Winter, from The Maeve Binchy Writers' Club

Dusty grows up caring for her family, and, once she is old enough to organize her own affairs, she takes great care to move out of her parents home. Soon, Dusty is able to accomplish a great deal: she works long hours and is made senior partner at her firm, she keeps her own flat, and she falls hopelessly and irresponsibly in love with a married man. But, when her father telephones to report some disturbing news, Dusty must return home for the winter. There, heartbroken but still dutiful, Dusty finally reunites with her oldest friends. First published in the US as part of her encouraging book of missives to aspiring writers, The Maeve Binchy Writers Club, Dustys Winter is essential Maeve. Inspiring and down-to-earth, her stories are full of the stuff of everyday life. Irelands best-loved writer of her generation, Maeve Binchy often wrote about ordinary life in small-town...