Scarlet Feather

Scarlet Feather by Binchy, Maeve. mass_market edition. ISBN: 9780451203779.

Two friends struggle to balance their personal and professional lives in this charming novel from acclaimed author Maeve Binchy. They met in cooking school and became fast friends with a common dream. Now Cathy Scarlet and Tom Feather hope to take Dublin by storm with their newly formed catering company, aptly dubbed "Scarlet Feather." Not everyone, however, shares their optimism. Cathys mother-in-law disapproves of both Cathy and her new "hobby," while Cathys husband, Neil, pays no mind to anything- except his work as a civil rights lawyer. And then theres Toms family, who expect him to follow in his fathers footsteps, and an ambitious girlfriend whos struggling with career dreams of her own. Between friends and families, ups and downs, heartaches and joys, Cathy and Tom are about to embark on the most maddening-and exhilarating-year of their lives...