Cuba

EMILY BARR DELIGHTS READERS WITH A TALE OF A SINGLE YOUNG WOMAN FINDING HER PLACE IN THE WORLD.

Maggie moved to the seashore to get a fresh start after breaking up with her boyfriend, but she didn't imagine her new life would be so lonely. So when she accidentally discovers she can overhear everything going on in the next flat, she can't keep herself from listening in.

David and Libby live next door. Even though their new baby, Charlie, is deliciously adorable, Libby is finding full-time motherhood tedious. Just when she thinks she's persuaded David that she should go back to her job as a high, powered lawyer, he announces he's taking a sabbatical to spend six months in Cuba learning Spanish. Wouldn't it be fun to go as a family?

The travel bug is very, very contagious, and Cuba is such an exotic destination. It doesn't take long for Maggie to decide that Libby and David won't be going alone...