648 pages

English language

Published Nov. 24, 2000 by Dell.

ISBN:
978-0-440-23559-0
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OCLC Number:
44608410

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4 stars (5 reviews)

Thanks to a chance phone call, Ria from Dublin and Marilyn from New England switch houses for the summer with extraordinary results when they are drawn into lifestyles vastly different from their own.

1 edition

reviewed Tara Road by Maeve Binchy (Oprah's book club)

Review of 'Tara Road' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

What ages would I recommend it too? – Sixteen and up.

Length? – A week.

Characters? – Memorable, several characters.

Setting? – 1980's and 1990's.

Written approximately? – 1998.

Does the story leave questions in the readers mind? – No.

Any issues the author (or a more recent publisher) should cover? No.

Short storyline: Ria's trials and traversals through adulthood, marriage, two children, and divorce from a dishonest husband.

Notes for the reader: Not one of my favorite's. Though, less romance than many of her books.

Subjects

  • Women
  • Fiction
  • Home exchanging
  • Female friendship

Places

  • Dublin
  • New England
  • Dublin (Ireland)
  • Ireland