. A main selection of the book-of-the-Month ClubNew York Times bestselling author Maeve Binchy has captured the hearts of millions with her unforgettable novels. A provocative tale of family heartbreak, friendship, into another place, Tara Road explores every woman's fantasy: escape, and revelation, another life.
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Quentins
But as ella uncovers more of what has gone on at Quentins, she begins to wonder whether some secrets should be kept that way. Quentins is not just any dublin restaurant; it’s a place where wedding proposals, business deals, family ties, and friendships are forged and sometimes broken. The seattle Times .
After all, the restaurant saw the people of a city become more confident in everything from their lifestyles to the food that they chose to eat.
Scarlet Feather
Not everyone, however, shares their optimism. Between friends and families, heartaches and joys, ups and downs, Cathy and Tom are about to embark on the most maddening-and exhilarating-year of their lives. Cathy's mother-in-law disapproves of both Cathy and her new "hobby, Neil, " while Cathy's husband, pays no mind to anything- except his work as a civil rights lawyer.
And then there's tom's family, who expect him to follow in his father's footsteps, and an ambitious girlfriend who's struggling with career dreams of her own.
Evening Class
. Connie, the gorgeous rich lady with a scandal ready to explode. Glowering lou, who joined the class as a cover for crime. It was the quiet ones you had to watch. That's where the real passion was lurking. They came together at mountainview College, a down-at-the-heels secondary school on the seamy side of Dublin, to take a course in Italian.
It was latin teacher aidan Dunne's last chance to revive a failing marriage and a dead-end career. And signora, whose passionate past remained a secret as she changed all their lives forever.
The Glass Lake: A Novel
Lough glass is at the heart and soul of the namesake town clinging to its shore. The night everything changes forever. From the Hardcover edition. Or walking alone by the glass lake. Then one terrible night Martin's boat is found drifting upside down in the lake. Kit adores her mother, alone at the kitchen table, but can't escape the picture of her, tears streaming down her face.
. Lough glass is home to kit mcmahon, in a way it will never be to her lovely mother, Helen, who does not fit in with the ways of the people of Lough Glass, and who found an unlikely mate in the genial pharmacist Martin McMahon. Agnes' eve and look into the lake at sunset you can see your future. They say that if you go out on St.
Nights Of Rain And Stars
By the time the bouzouki players start up on the last page, you’ll feel you’ve known these people all your life. The seattle times “the sort of book you should take with you on a trip to the Greek islands. The boston Globe. Thomas mourns his failed marriage and misses his young son in California, while David yearns to reconcile with his family in England without having to go into the family business.
The lives of four strangers are forever altered when they meet in a Greek seaside village in this compelling novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Maeve Binchy. Tourists enter the hilltop tavern, alone and in pairs, for a casual lunch. Elsa fled germany and her high-powered television job once she learned what the man she loved was hiding from her.
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The Copper Beech: A Novel
But not even father gunn, who knows most of what goes on behind Shancarrig's closed doors, the parish priest, or Dr.
Light a Penny Candle
Beloved author maeve binchy's first published novel, an engrossing coming of age tale about the incredible bond of friendship. To escape the chaos of london during World War II, young Elizabeth White is sent to live a safer life in the small Irish town of Kilgarret. Aisling’s boldness brings elizabeth out of her proper shell; later, her support carries Elizabeth through the painful end of her parents’ chilly marriage.
Through the years, they come to believe they can overcome any conflict, conquer any hardship—as long as they have each other. In return, elizabeth’s friendship helps Aisling endure her own unsatisfying marriage to a raging alcoholic.
Heart and Soul
Good-hearted and entertaining. Clara casey has been offered the thankless job of establishing the underfunded clinic and agrees to take it on for a year. New york times bestsellera story of patients and staff, family, and friends who are part of a heart clinic in a community caught between the old Ireland and the new.
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Whitethorn Woods
What could be sweeter than a trip to an Irish village packed with robust native characters. The christian science monitorwhen a new highway threatens to bypass the town of Rossmore and cut through Whitethorn Woods, everyone has a passionate opinion about whether the town will benefit or suffer. But young father Flynn is most concerned with the fate of St.
. Ann’s for generations to share their dreams and fears, and speak their prayers. Some believe it to be a place of true spiritual power, demanding protection; others think it’s a mere magnet for superstitions, easily sacrificed.
Echoes
David power and clare o'brien both grew up dreaming of escape from the battered seaside town of Castlebay, Ireland, but they might as well have had the ocean between them. They find freedom in each other—until the families, lovers, and secrets they left in Castlebay come back to haunt them. Laughter and tears, it’s what Binchy does best.
San francisco chronicle Book Review“The Castlebay Maeve Binchy creates is a marvelous place. The new york Times Book Review.