It is 1994 in a small town on the west coast of Ireland. Colette Crowley, a poet, has returned to the small town after leaving her husband and three sons to live with a married man. She rents a small cottage on the coast road from Donal and Dolores Mullen. Donal is a good looking womanizer and Dolores is an emotionally abused wife. After her return, Collette teaches a creative writing course. Her star pupil is Izzy Keaveney, a housewife whose husband will not let her own a flower shop in town. The lives of these three women plays out during a time when divorce was still illegal in Ireland.

This book is a winner. I got into it right away. The characters seemed realistic and the plot was paced perfectly.