Becoming Finola

Another new novel about dislocated women is Becoming Finola by Suzanne Strempek Shea. Massachusetts natives Sophie and Gina decide on a whim to move to a remote Irish village. Gina quickly returns home, and Sophie not only stays, but finds herself intrigued by the locals' recollections of another woman who seemed to disappear on a whim. Her name was Finola dn she was a local shopkeeper and dispeser of wisdom. Now - partially against her will, partially not - it seems as if Sophie is, will, becoming Finola. Problems arise, however, when Sophie begins to comprehend the magnitude and demands of her new identity.