My Favourite Mistake, by Marian Keyes

The Walsh family has provided rich pickings for Keyes, with seven of her 16 novels featuring the five Irish sisters. This one revisits fourth sister Anna, who lived down to expectations as the family flake in her teens and early 20s and went on to become an unexpected success in PR. After 20 years of stress in New York, a combination of perimenopause, burnout and a break-up send her back to Ireland and the bosom of her family. There she finds it hard to make a fresh start, until friends in need call her to their farm near Galway to rescue their attempt to develop a luxury wellness retreat. Anna needs to win local hearts and minds, while working with a tricky figure from her past who dredges up myriad sorrows, feelings and old mistakes. Distinguishing friends from foes can be difficult in a small town full of characters, especially when your hormones are out of whack. Can Anna save the day and get her life back on track? There is little doubt about the ultimate destination of this story but, as ever with the Walsh sister tales, the ride there is thoroughly enjoyable.