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Lisa of Hopewell
Jan 03, 2013 rated it really liked it
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What an AMAZING writer!!!! Best novel I've read in ages.David Parks must have been sitting in Belfast brewing this marvelous "inner" story for years! It is so well crafted I didn't want to put it down. Exactly my sort of book--lots of inner workings to characters--hopes, dreams, thoughts and fears. Add to that a character just written for actor Robert Bathurst to play in movie version, and you have a winner all around. Nice too that no one is a lithe 20-something hopping in and out of beds with ...more
Kay Green
Apr 05, 2013 rated it liked it
I have never been to Amsterdam so the setting of this story was interesting. it follows three separate 50 something Irish people who go to Amsterdam for the weekend where their paths cross. Each has a problem which they hope to got some solution to over the weekend. Some Interesting parts, some sad parts and just a so so read.
Alyson Zikmund
Jul 18, 2012 marked it as to-read
Anna
Apr 28, 2020 marked it as to-read