review: minding frankie

I finished reading the delightful Minding Frankie by Maeve Binchy the other day. In a nutshell, it is about a little community of people who take turns babysitting a child. Stay with me here...
It is an amazing story with many charismatic and flawed characters. Actually, so many 'main' characters that it probably wouldn't work in any other book - but Binchy ties them all in together so nicely so that you're not overwhelmed with keeping up with them all. Amongst the main characters is a recovering alcoholic, a workaholic with no friends and no personality, a couple of elderly characters, a priest, a girl who puts her life on hold for a one-sided romance, a doctor and his wife, a cancer patient, and a lady who is glue that holds everything together - and these characters are just off the top of my head, there are many more!
A lighthearted and easy read, but with enough depth for the important issues and a really, really good writing style, I highly recommend this book to anyone.