Preview of Evening Class Summary:

Binchy assembles a cast of characters who have been dealt bad hands, made bad discards, foolishly upped antes, and bluffed or have otherwise lost in life's poker game. Each character has a dream of how life can be better. But, as Aidan states it, the goalposts are always moving.

It is images of the ordinary and repeated images of the familiar that often frustrate any new plays on the field. For example, as...