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 all...bank clerk Bill and
his dizzy fiance Lizzie: a couple headed for
trouble...Kathy, a hardworking innocent propelled into
adulthood in a shocking moment of truth...Connie, the
gorgeous rich lady with a scandal ready to
explode...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
forever....
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
things....