A review by juliana_aldous
A Week in Winter by Maeve Binchy

4.0

Reading a Maeve Binchy novel is like having a comforting cup of tea on a cold day. I was sad to hear that Ms. Binchy died this past year and this was her last novel. This is just a sweet story that has all the reasons to like Binchy--an Irish location an a cast of colorful local characters. Some lead solitary lives, some find love, some make major changes to their circumstances while others do not, most wear sensible clothes. Sweet... her stories are always sweet. Just enough sadness without being full on tragedy and enough joy to balance the sadness. This particular Binchy takes place in a hotel. A woman returns to her hometown with a secret and opens a hotel. The story focuses on the cast that work at the hotel and also the guests that arrive the first week. The end seemed a bit unfinished--like maybe Binchy was holding on to the last few chapters to wrap this novel up.