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The Transatlantic Book Club

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The beloved author of The Mistletoe Matchmaker returns with an enchanting new novel, perfect for fans of Jenny Colgan, Nina George, and Nancy Thayer, about residents of Ireland's Finfarran Peninsula who set up a Skype book club with the little US town of Resolve, where generations of Finfarran's emigrants have settled.

Distance makes no difference to love...

Eager to cheer up her recently widowed gran, Cassie Fitzgerald, visiting from Canada, persuades Lissbeg Library to set up a Skype book club, linking readers on Ireland's Finfarran Peninsula with the US town of Resolve, home to generations of Finfarran emigrants.

But when the club decides to read a detective novel, old conflicts on both sides of the ocean are exposed and hidden love affairs come to light. As secrets emerge, Cassie fears she may have done more harm than good. Will the truths she uncovers about her granny Pat's marriage affect her own hopes of finding love? Is Pat, who's still struggling with the death of her husband, about to fall out with her oldest friend, Mary? Or could the book club itself hold the key to a triumphant transatlantic happy ending?

The Transatlantic Book Club continues the stories of the residents of the Finfarran Peninsula and introduces readers to new characters who they will surely fall in love with.

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    • Library Journal

      November 1, 2020

      In Hayes-McCoy's latest "Finfarran Peninsula" series (after The Mistletoe Matchmaker), Lissbeg and Resolve, the author's stand-ins for Clonmel in Ireland and Peoria, IL, are towns with a long-standing connection. In Lissbeg's less gentrified past, its emigrants largely went to Resolve, a town in upstate New York whose Irish life centers on the Shamrock Club, where misty-eyed visions of the old country are alive and well. The book club, whose members meet by Skype at Resolve's Shamrock Club and at Lissbeg's library, is the brainchild of Cassie Fitzgerald, a young woman who has come from Toronto to visit her Lissbeg grandmother, Pat, who is recently widowed and struggling to recover. These two women's lives--present-day loves and dilemmas for Cassie; flashbacks, regrets, and current friendship and family woes for Pat--form a story that spans generations and will keep readers cheering for the women as they find their feet. The many female characters can get muddling to start with, but readers who stick with this will be rewarded with an intriguing tale of getting over life's obstacles and a realistic look at modern rural Ireland. VERDICT Recommend this enjoyable family story to fans of the late Maeve Binchy.--Henrietta Verma, Credo Reference, New York

      Copyright 2020 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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