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Atria Books
March 2018
On Sale: March 6, 2018
464 pages
ISBN: 1501181033
EAN: 9781501181030
Kindle: B0746P5LQR
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Women's Fiction
From the internationally bestselling author and βprolific queen of contemporary Irish popular fictionβ (The Sunday Times), a heartwarming novel set in Spain where the new tenants of a seaside apartment building test the limits of marriage, money, and ambition. In a beautiful Southern Spanish town, where the sea sparkles and orange blossoms scent the air, the gates of a brand new apartment complex, La Joya de AndalucΓa, glide open to welcome the new owners. Anna and Austen MacDonald, an Irish couple, are preparing to enjoy their retirement to the fullest. But the demands of family cause problems they could never have foreseen and shake their marriage to the core. Sally-Ann Connolly Cooper, a feisty Texan mother of two young teenagers, is reeling from her husbandβs infidelity. La Joya becomes a place of solace for Sally- Ann, in more ways than one. Eduardo Sanchez, a haughty native from Madrid, has set out with single-minded determination to become el presidente of the complexβs management committee. But pride comes before a fall. Jutta Sauer Perez, a sophisticated German who aspires to purchase her very own apartment in La Joya works hard to reach her goal. Then the unthinkable happens. As their lives entwine and friendships and enmities develop, it becomes apparent that La Joya is not quite the haven they all expect it to beβ¦
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