Maeve Binchy is back with a tale of joy, heartbreak and hope, about a motherless girl collectively raised by a close-knit Dublin community.When Noel learns that his terminally ill former flame is pregnant with his child, he agrees to take guardianship of the baby girl once shes born. But as a single father battling demons of his own, Noel cant do it alone. Fortunately, he has a competent, caring network of friends, family and neighbors Lisa, his unlucky-in-love classmate, who moves in with him to help him care for little Frankie around the clock his American cousin, Emily, always there with a pep talk the newly retired Dr. Hat, with more time on his hands than he knows what to do with Dr. Declan and Fiona and their baby son, Frankies first friend and many eager babysitters, including old friends Signora and Aidan and Frankies doting grandparents, Josie and Charles.
