<p><b>''Wonderfully warm and involving''</b> KATIE FFORDE<br><br><b>''If any author can help you survive lockdown, it''s Binchy''</b><i>DAILY MAIL</i><br><br><b>''</b><b>Firefly Summer</b><b> is warm, humorous, sad and happy. Reading it is a joy'' </b><i>IRISH INDEPENDENT</i><br><br><b>''I find myself yearning for the rain-soaked watercolour writing of Maeve Binchy'' </b>JENNY COLGAN, <i>GUARDIAN</i><i>Best Comfort Reads</i><br><br><b>''Binchy''s novels are never less than entertaining'' </b><i>SUNDAY TIMES</i><br><i><br><b>''</b></i><b>What better books to raise the spirits than the gentle, insightful Irish tales of Maeve Binchy?''</b><i>HELLO! Magazine</i><br>_____________<br><br>Every summer the four Ryan children play in the ruins of Fernscourt, the once-grand house on the bank of the river.<br><br>But when the estate is bought by Patrick O''Neill, the wealthy Irish American, his grand plans for its development threaten to shatter the peace. A new luxury hotel promises to breathe n