It was the quiet ones you had to watch. That`s where the real passion was lurking. They came together at Mountainview College, a down-at-the-heels secondary school on the seamy side of Dublin, to take a course in Italian. It was Latin teacher Aidan Dunne`s last chance to revive a failing marriage and a dead-end career. But Aidan`s dream was headed for disaster until the mysterious Signora appeared, transforming a shared passion for Italy into a life-altering adventure for them clerk Bill and his dizzy fiance Lizzie: a couple headed for Kathy, a hardworking innocent propelled into adulthood in a shocking moment of Connie, the gorgeous rich lady with a scandal ready to glowering Lou, who joined the class as a cover for crime. And Signora, whose passionate past remained a secret as she changed all their lives From the New York Times bestselling author of This Year It Will Be Different, The Glass Lake, and Circle of Friends, comes a novel filled with Maeve Binchy`s signature warmth, wit, and sheer storytelling genius - a spellbinding tale of men and women whose quiet lives hide the most unexpected