‘Warm … uplifting — Roisin Meaney is a gifted storyteller’ Sheila O’Flanagan, bestselling author It’s the day before the wedding … Three strangers arrive home to Ireland to the house that gave each of them refuge when they needed it most. They are there to celebrate the winter wedding of their beloved Annie, the woman who fostered them in their childhoods. Now Julia is a world-famous … Now Julia is a world-famous singer living in luxury in Paris and Eddie is a chef in London, while Steph spends her days on a remote Greek island, running a writers’ retreat with her older lover.
All three have moved on from the past, but as the wedding celebrations get underway, certain truths come to light. It turns out that some hurts last longer than others …
As Annie says ‘I do’, with an unexpected twist for her wedding party, will Julia, Eddie and Steph discover their own happy-ever-afters in time for the big day?
A spellbinding, warm-hearted novel from one of Ireland’s best-loved writers.
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I love anything by Roisin Meaney!
Interesting characters, nice twist of faith.
Warm… uplifting — Roisin Meaney is a gifted storyteller.
Loved the characters and the story!
Enjoyed good story line and characters
It’s not action packed with murder and mayhem. The book is just about the people and sometimes that’s all you need is a good book about good people.
This is a nice, feel-good book for Christmas time. It’s a bit tough to get into at the start, because it jumps around between characters and includes many flashbacks. But once you get into the story, and all of them come together, they are all likeable. A happy ending that pulls everyone into their “right” places was expected, and the book did no disappoint.
It’s That Time of Year by Roisin Meaney takes readers to Ireland where a special wedding will take place. Annie will be turning sixty years old and marrying her longtime friend, Matt on the same day. I enjoy reading stories where the characters find love later in their life (it gives me hope). It’s That Time of Year gives us Annie’s story along with that of Steph, Julia, and Eddie. It switches between Annie’s present life and what led up to her wedding to Matt. It takes us back to when Annie went off to college to become a teacher and how her journey toward that goal got diverted. We also get the story from Steph, Eddie, and Julia’s point-of-view. We learn how each of them came to live with Annie and what happened to them after they left her house. With the switching around of POV and time-period, I found it difficult to get into this book. I read the book, but I never became immersed in the story. There are some longwinded descriptions (like those regarding food) that were unneeded, and the pacing is varied. While I found the story lacking in some areas, there were some good sections. I enjoyed the depictions of Ireland as well as the humor interspersed throughout the tale. I like how Annie rolled with the punches on her wedding day. There is fun and festive celebrating while everyone rejoices in Annie and Matt’s nuptials. It’s That Time of Year is a sweet, heartwarming story about love, secrets, and second chances.
I received an ARC from NetGalley, the author, and the publisher for an honest review. I love a story that takes place in Ireland. Annie was a foster Mom to over 100 foster children and as she was getting married at age 60. She decided to invite 3 of the children she had. As we meet them, we learn of their struggles, their choices, and how their lives were going. We learn why she chose the ones she did and having over 100 children throughout her life, we find out if they had even met each other before. The author weaves everything together, with sprinkles of Ireland, the making of tea, and the hominess of the kitchen. I wished I was there, it just flowed so smoothly. When I finished the book, there were no loose ends but I was sad to see it was the end. This was the first book I have read of Roisin Meaney but I will be reading more of her books.