Nights of Rain and Stars

Nights of Rain and Stars (2004) by Maeve Binchy. Four westerners -- an American man, and Irish lass, an English man and a German woman -- meet on a Greek island. Thrown together by chance, they find that they get on famously and -- could it be? -- romance blooms between at least two of them. With her trademark ability to draw characters and depict the action from their different points of view, Binchy has written a very readable, entertaining novel in which everything works out for the best in the end. Writing such a book is no easy task, and the late Binchy has written quite a few. It's not great literature, but this one is certainly worth reading. Grade: B