The Moon Over Kilmore Quay

This is just such a lovely story about love, family, drama, secrets, and best friends forever. Set in New York City and Wexford County, Ireland, the settings, the characters, and the story will draw you in and you won’t be able to set this book down until you’re finished. Beatrice (Bea) just went through a breakup with the love of her life, Dan. When she receives a letter, written by herself as a child in school, she decides to investigate her family and her Irish roots. Many years earlier, Lucy, immigrates from Ireland to New York as a young woman, with her sister Maeve to start a new life. This book is beautifully written. The descriptions of New York City, Queens, and Wexford County are beautiful, I felt like I was there with the characters of the book. The book goes back and forth in time and back and forth between the characters of Lucy and Bea, telling the story bit by bit until it all falls together at the end. Families and secrets and how these secrets can change the course of the lives of these characters. And, how once these secrets are discovered, how love can heal the wounds these secrets have inflicted. I enjoy multigenerational stories, and stories of love and forgiveness and this book have all that and more. I especially enjoyed the friendships of both generations. Bea and her friends were so much like Lucy and her friends, and how these friendships lasted over the years. They all tried to live up to the mantra of Best Friends Forever. I highly recommend this book. Many thanks to Netgalley and Bookouture for this advanced reader’s copy.