# The Good House

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- Book: [The Good House](https://www.bookquiver.com/ann-leary/the-good-house) ([The Good House.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/ann-leary/the-good-house.md))
- Authors: [Ann Leary](https://www.bookquiver.com/ann-leary)
- Publisher: corvus
- ISBN: 978-17-8239-322-1
- Published: 2014-07-03
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

NOW A MAJOR MOVIE STARRING KEVIN KLINE AND SIGOURNEY WEAVER LONGLISTED FOR THE IMPAC DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD 2014 _______________________________________ Hildy Good has reached that dangerous time in a woman’s life – middle-aged and divorced, she is an oddity in her small but privileged town. But Hildy isn’t one for self-pity and instead meets the world with a wry smile, a dark wit and a glass or two of Pinot Noir. When her two earnest grown-up children stage an ‘intervention’ and pack Hildy off to an addiction centre, she thinks all this fuss is ridiculous. After all, why shouldn’t she enjoy a drink now and then? But we start to see another side to Hildy Good, and to her life’s greatest passion. Soon, a cluster of secrets become dangerously entwined, with devastating consequences…