London Sunday Times
A feel-good novel for fans of Maeve Binchy.
Sunday Independent (Ireland)
If you like reading a feel-good novel…then take a journey to the edge of the world
Irish Examiner
‘Heart-warming…reminiscent of Maeve Binchy and Roisin Meaney
Booklist
The spot-on descriptions of Ireland’s dusty country roads and expansive sky all but leap off the page and provide the true joy of Hayes-McCoy’s first novel…. Maeve Binchy and Patrick Taylor fans will find much to enjoy.
Sunday Times (UK)
Engaging...sparkling and joyous.
Jenny Colgan
A charming and heartwarming story.
Cathy Kelly
The Library at The Edge of the World is a delicious feast of a novel. Sink in and feel enveloped by the beautiful world of Felicity Hayes-McCoy.
Sunday Independent (UK)
If you like reading a feel-good novel…then take a journey to the edge of the world...
Library Journal
09/01/2017
The "edge of the world" is the southwestern coast of Ireland, on a fictional peninsula (think Dingle). Librarian Hanna Casey, who has returned to her Irish hometown after discovering her English husband's infidelity, drives the mobile library van among the villages of the Finfarran Peninsula. But all is not sunshine in this beautiful, remote region. Developers and business interests plan to close the local library, consolidating services distantly, further fragmenting the social interaction of the area's local residents. When the plan is disclosed, Hanna finds herself leading the community's pushback. Nuns, fishermen, senior citizens, young entrepreneurs, crusty curmudgeons, the local rich family recluse, and library patrons band together to bolster their common purpose. VERDICT Making her fiction and U.S. debut, the author of The House on an Irish Hillside delivers an appealing novel that will delight Maeve Binchy fans. There are plenty of good discussion points about the nature of community for book clubs and thoughtful readers.—Mary K. Bird-Guilliams, Chicago
