These stories from Australia and around the world abound with Maeve Binchy's trademark generosity of spirit. Drawn with affection and wisdom, this heart-warming treasury embraces families, friends, lovers and the lonely with laughter and sadness, thoughtfulness and humour. Molly is on an unexpected holiday in Greece in a villa for four. And in being true to herself, she finds more than she ever imagined. Nick and Janet meet at the Sydney Fish Markets... everything seems perfect, what could go wrong? Victoria imagines what it would mean to her widowed father to join her in his beloved Paris for a weekend. Victor, a self-confessed romantic, accompanies a friend to Australia with no thought of love on his mind. Elsa makes a Christmas wish at the Statue of Liberty which comes true in a most unexpected way. Ben chooses Ireland as his Christmas-time hideout where he acts as peace-maker between an estranged father and daughter.