Over forty delightful stories drawn from The Return Journey and This Year it will be Different, plus eight new autobiographical stories.

Molly is on an unexpected holiday in Greece which promises more than she ever imagined. Nick and Janet meet at the Sydney Fish Markets . . . everything seems perfect, what could go wrong? Victor, a self-confessed romantic, accompanies a friend to Australia with no thought of love on his mind.

Written with Maeve’s trademark generosity, these heart-warming stories embrace families, friends, lovers and the lonely with laughter, wisdom and affection.

Among her entrancing autobiographical tales, Maeve revisits girlhood memories of her family’s Christmas Eve in Dublin, tells of the search for a ‘typical’ French Sunday lunch in Paris and argues for the delights of travelling alone.