I am a huge Binchy fan and have read everything she has written. But she could NOT have written this book! Perhaps she did not come out of retirement and the publisher had someone else write this using a Binchy 'formula' (it would explain the resurrection of all the old characters)? The dialogue doesn't even seem like Binchy - I can't even hear the Irish 'brogue' in my head - it's all flat. The Ella character is 2-dimensional which is rare in a Binchy novel. And rarely is a Binchy heroine such a naive dope.If Ms Binchy truly wrote this book, then perhaps retirement is the way to go at this point in her life. Quentin's was a waste of my library privilege!