Picked up at a car boot sale
Synopsis
In a house overlooking Dublin Bay, Mimi and her daughter Grace are disturbed by the unexpected arrival of Grace's daughter Polly, and her new boyfriend. The events of the next few days will lead both of them to reassess the shape of their lives.

About the Author
Jennifer Johnston is one of the foremost Irish writers of her, or any generation. She has won the Whitbread Prize (The Old Jest), the Evening Standard Best First Novel Award (for The Captains and the Kings), the Yorkshire Post Award, Best Book of the Year (twice, for The Captains and the Kings and How Many Miles to Babylon). She has also been shortlisted for the Booker Prize with Shadows on our Skin.

I enjoyed this little book so much I'm going to offer it as a bookring.

I'll list the names and put them in some kind of geographical order whhen I close the ring.

1. wordster (Scotland) finished
2. pennywhistler (UK) finished
3.Lillyanna (Spain) <---its here
4.loveamystery (canada)
5.lauraloo29 (Canada, doesn't want to be first)

On it's way to wordster.

Received this on Friday, thanks. Looks like an easy read, and then I'll send it on to the next person!

The plot had more scope than the writing allowed. There's undertatated and than there's *too* understated. Also, a bit too obvious.

I would have liked it if it went a bit deeper.

Having said that, some of the sentences were beautifully crafted.

Will be in the post tomorrow.

I've read a couple of JJ's books so I'm looking forward to this.

I totally agree with Wordster about the understatedness of this book. It's a gentle story and I did enjoy the scenes with Mimi and her angel, but I felt the author could have done something more with the story. I have read a couple of other JJ books (The Old Jest and The Railway Station Man) and this was not quite as good. I thoroughly recommend The Old Jest by the way.

I shall bung it in the post tomorrow.

Hi! I have received this book, today!

Thanks very much, Pennywhistler for the lovely card and your kind wishes!!!

I haven't read any books from this author so I don't know what I will found out in this novel...