A beautifully paced novel of solitude, healing and hope...

On a rainy afternoon on Killiney Hill a young man out walking, without his overcoat, happens upon a woman gazing out over Dublin bay, standing perilously close to the edge. From their first chance encounter develops a remarkable friendship which will enable each to face afresh their very different, damaged pasts, and to look, however tentatively, towards the future.

''Despite its desolate background it is both entertaining and uplifting... The book has a musical feel and makes a poignant symphony of its themes of love and grief'' Sunday Express

''The Gingerbread Woman is Johnston at her observant, compelling best'' Image magazine