So what happened to Anna, and where’s Aidan in her time of need? Against everyone’s pleading, Anna returns to New York, and we learn the tragic truth: Anna and Aidan were in a car accident in which Aidan died. There are flashbacks to her recent life in New York, where she has The Best Job in the World in cosmetics public relations, and a hunky, adorable husband, Aidan. With deep cuts and bandages on her face, fingers without nails, an arm cast and a limp, Anna has never looked less stylish (except when she wore all those hippie skirts). On her daily walk, the local schoolboys call her Frankenstein, and for good reason. The first 100 pages build up a mystery of sorts: Anna lies dazed in the front parlor of her parent’s Dublin home as her mother nurses her back to health. Three of the five Irish Walsh girls have novels of their own, and now it’s time for Anna’s story.
Keyes’s proven formula for success-a chatty, engaging heroine, a bawdy sense of humor, an unhappy turn of events-works again in her eighth novel ( The Other Side of the Story, 2004, etc.).
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