Kathleen is 50, lonely, unfulfilled, and tired of her life as a travel writer. Impulsively, she returns to her native Ireland to write about a legendary mid-19th-century romance between an Englishwoman and her stable hand. The project...

'You don't want the book to end; it glows with compassion and you want more, more because you know this is a fine wine of a life, richer as it ages.'—Frank McCourt, author of Angela's AshesOne of nine children born into a penniless ...

A final novel from the beloved Irish writer, "Best Love, Rosie...is the book of my years of commuting between the melancholy of Ireland and the optimism of America," Nuala O'Faolain. Like many a modern, well-travelled woman,...