This series of books is my comfort food. Everything will work out, as you know it should, but the gentle humor, the warmth of the townsfolk, the not-as-backwards-as-they-seem sayings and customs that drive the many subplots. There's little to dislike about these books.

'An Irish Country Village' builds on the struggles and initially awkward relationships from the previous book, 'An Irish Country Doctor,' itself (at first glance) an MD version of James Herriott's veterinary 'All Creatures...' books, but for obvious reasons, it offers the reader far more to empathize with through the human (and even some canine) characters. These will be books I can read every few years and cherish.