It was a summer of Kate Ryan and her husband, John, have a rollicking pub in the Irish village of lovely twelve-year-old and such wonderful It was a summer of but all that is about to change this fateful summer of 1962 when American millionaire Patrick O`Neill comes to town with his irresistible charm and a pocketful of when love and hate vie for a town`s quiet heart and old traditions begin to crumble It was a summer of love that would never come A time that has been captured forever in Maeve Binchy`s compelling family a novel you will never forget. "Totally An absolutely grand A lyrical and compelling family Mountfern and its residents come vibrantly alive." - "The Plain Dealer." "The secrets hidden behind lace curtains, a young girl`s first kiss, children`s summer games, unexpected pregnancies, sudden deaths. She makes us feel as if we also know the place and the One of those good old-fashioned stories that are as comfortable and comforting as home itself." - "The Philadelphia Inquirer".