ANITA Shreve needs no introduction. Since The Pilot’s Wife was picked by Oprah Winfrey’s book club back in 1999, she’s become a household name.

WE’RE bang in the middle of the summer festival season, and July shows no signs of letting up. Practically every weekend is cram-packed with music and/or arts festivities all around the country, ranging from Kinsale Arts Week to the Galway Film Fleadh to a national scarecrow festival. So get planning.

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Newly released from Anita Shreve, Lisa Abend and Brian O’Connor