Honestly, this is a book I picked up myself. I liked the title and I wondered just what those lace makers were doing; they had to be doing more than making lace in a small village in Ireland (one of my favorite settings for a novel). I think the book caught me off guard. While the premise of the book is very similar to other books I’ve read: girl is sad because boyfriend has broken up with her, girl leaves city (in this instance it’s Seattle) and travels to a distant place to run away from her problems (in this instance it’s Ireland), girl meets handsome man and falls in love, and so on and so forth. However, I truly enjoyed the book. I like Kate’s character, although at times I found her harsh, but that may be because her heart was broken by both a man and the fact that her mother lost her battle with cancer before said man broke her heart, a double-whammy. And although Kate is the main character, I most enjoyed the other women in the novel. The ones who take her in, care for her and inspire her: Bernie, who treats Kate like the daughter she was never able to have; Aileen who is attempting to deal with her rebellious, rude daughter; Moira who is caught up in her own family drama; and Colleen, a cancer survivor with a great heart.
The love story in the book takes a backseat to the friendships these women build throughout the novel, and the story is really about women connecting with one another. At times the book seems a bit whimsical, but that was another thing I enjoyed. Sorry, this is another “chic lit” type book, but I can’t stay away from them. I will say that I stayed up until about 1:30 this morning reading the book. Luckily, my husband wasn’t home, so there was no threatening to throw the book away. Am I tired today, yes, but it was worth it.
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