Maeve Binchy

Maeve Binchy narra con la calidez, la bondad y el humor que la caracterizan las peripecias vitales de un grupo de personas que coinciden en un caserón de la costa irlandesa convertido en hotel.Stoneybridge es un pequeño pueblo de la escarpada costa de Irlanda que recibe una gran cantidad de turistas en verano, pero que se queda practicamente vacio fura de temporada. Sin embargo, los alrededores no estan desiertos del todo, porque en Stone House, un viejo y precioso hotel sobre el acantilado, hay un grupo de huespedes muy variopinto que durante una semana en invierno disfruta de su cocina espaciosa y calida, de la chimenea de leña y de los elegantes dormitorios. Y aunque casi nadie es capaz de resistirse a los encantos del lugar, pocos son los que conocen su historia, y menos aun la historia de su amable anfitriona, Geraldine Ryan, Chicky para todo el mundo.La critica ha dicho... Un libro para guardar como un tesoro. Maeve Binchy en el territorio que mejor conoce, lleno de su calidez caracteristica y de su cautivadora manera de narrar. HelloBinchy guia a sus personajes a traves de todos sus problemas con mano firme pero amable, ayudandolos a conseguir un futuro mejor. Seguramente es por eso por lo que los lectores la aprecian tanto. Eso y el hecho de que siempre supo como contar una buena historia. Irish Time

A delightful collection of linked stories from No.1 bestselling author Maeve Binchy - simply the bestJust round the corner from St Jarlath''s Crescent (featured in MINDING FANKIE) is Chestnut Street. Here, the lives of the residents are revealed in Maeve Binchy''s wonderful collection of storiesBucket Maquire, the window cleaner, who must do more than he bargained for to protect his son.Nessa Byrne, who''s aunt comes to visit from America for six weeks every summer and turns the house - and Nessa''s world - upside down.Lilian, the generous girl with a big heart, and the fiance not everyone approves of.And Melly, whose gossip about the neighbours leads to trouble in the form of a the fortune teller - ''Madame Magic''...No one rivals Maeve Binchy for stories of warmth, kindness, love, loss - and life not always turning out as expected...

This title contains four Maeve Binchy short stories, specially commissioned for BBC Radio 4. Maeve Binchy is one of Britain''s most popular and bestselling authors, and this collection of four stories from the BBC Radio 4 archive shows her at her most insightful and imaginative. In "The Garden Party", Helen envies her neighbour Debbie Kennedy''s garden - and her life - but discovers that things are not always as they seem; while "The Special Sale" sees lonely Yvonne arranging a special lunch for her friend Frank and his children on the day after Christmas."The Sensible Celebration" finds Lorna about to throw a small party to celebrate the decade gone by: but as she plans, she starts to think about her life, and her marriage. Finally, in "Dolly''s Mother", the beauty, grace and efficiency of her perfect parent have always made Dolly feel inferior - until the day of her sixteenth birthday. These four stories, never collected together in book form and unique to audio, are read by acclaimed actors Niamh Cusack, Dervla Kirwan, Doreen Hepburn and Stella McCusker.

Dr. Clara Casey dachte, ihr Job als Kardiologin sei ihr sicher. Aber sie wird versetzt und soll eine Herzrehabilitationsklinik mit aufbauen. Dabei hat sie mit zwei Töchtern und ihrem aufdringlichen E

Clara Casey has more than enough on her plate. Her daughters Adi and Linda were no problem at all during the usually turbulent teens. Now in their twenties, Adi is always fighting for or against something: the environment or the whale or battery farming; while Linda lurches from one unsatisfactory relationship to the next. As if this wasn''t enough, Clara, a senior cardiac specialist, has a new job to cope with... For Ania, meeting Clara Casey is a miracle: she had never intended to leave her beloved Poland, but after the love of her life has turned sour, her world seems rather empty. Perhaps a new job in a new country will mend her broken heart? Declan is looking forward to joining the clinic - but the six-month posting brings him much more than he expected. Then there''s Father Brian Flynn, who finds his doubts about his calling are assuaged by work in his new parish. But when an acquaintance turns into a nightmare he needs help to rescue his reputation...

Noel and Lisa are among the most supportive parents at the nursery school. Never late to pick up their little girl, always patient and delighted to see her at the end of the day. But in fact neither of them are Frankie's parents. They have no blood relationship at all to this little girl.

Baby Frankie is born into an unusual family. Her mother is desperate to find someone to take care of her child and she doesn′t have much time. Noel doesn′t seem to be the most promising of fathers but despite everything, he could well be Frankie′s best hope. As for Lisa, she is prepared to give up everything for the man she loves; surely he′s going to love her back? And Marian is having none of it. She knows what′s right, and has the power to change the course of Frankie′s life . . . but Marian is hiding secrets of her own.

The Irish do love telling stories, and we are suspicious of people who don't have long, complicated conversations. There used to be a rule in etiquette books that you should invite four talkers and four listeners to a dinner party. That doesn't work in Ireland, because nobody knows four listeners' Maeve Binchy Maeve Binchy's bestselling novels not only tell wonderful stories, they also give an insight in to how Ireland has changed over the decades, and how people remain the same: they still fall in love, sometimes unsuitably; they still have hopes and dreams; they have deep, long-standing friendships, and some that fall apart. From her earliest writing to her most recent, Maeve's work has included wonderfully nostalgic pieces and also sharp, often witty writing which is insightful and topical. But at the heart of all Maeve's fiction are the people and their relationships with each other. A FEW OF THE GIRLS is a glorious collection of the very best of her writing, full of the warmth, charm and humour that has always been essentially Maeve.

Superb fiction from the worlds favourite storyteller. A group of people, all looking for something more in their lives, and all they have in common is their Italian evening class... A deliciously gos

Contemporary / British English (Available June 2008) Thirty people join an Italian evening class. All have their own reasons. Connie needs to escape from an unhappy home life; Lou has criminal intentions. Aidan and Signora have organised the classes. All their lives are changed forever.

Clara Casey has more than enough on her plate. Her daughters Adi and Linda were no problem at all during the usually turbulent teens. Now in their twenties, Adi is always fighting for or against something: the environment or the whale or battery farming; while Linda lurches from one unsatisfactory relationship to the next. As if this wasn''t enough, Clara, a senior cardiac specialist, has a new job to cope with... For Anya, meeting Clara Casey is a miracle: she had never intended to leave her beloved Poland, but after the love of her life has turned sour, her world seems rather empty. Perhaps a new job in a new country will mend her broken heart? Declan is looking forward to joining the clinic - but the six-month posting brings him much more than he expected. Then there''s Father Brian Flynn, who finds his doubts about his calling are assuaged by work in his new parish. But when an acquaintance turns into a nightmare he needs help to rescue his reputation...

Clara Casey has more than enough on her plate. Her daughters Adi and Linda were no problem at all during the usually turbulent teens. Now in their twenties, Adi is always fighting for or against something: the environment or the whale or battery farming; while Linda lurches from one unsatisfactory relationship to the next. As if this wasn't enough, Clara, a senior cardiac specialist, has a new job to cope with...For Ania, meeting Clara Casey is a miracle: she had never intended to leave her beloved Poland, but after the love of her life has turned sour, her world seems rather empty. Perhaps a new job in a new country will mend her broken heart? Declan is looking forward to joining the clinic - but the six-month posting brings him much more than he expected. Then there's Father Brian Flynn, who finds his doubts about his calling are assuaged by work in his new parish. But when an acquaintance turns into a nightmare he needs help to rescue his reputation...

Clara Casey has more than enough on her plate. Her daughters Adi and Linda were no problem at all during the usually turbulent teens. Now in their twenties, Adi is always fighting for or against something: the environment or the whale or battery farming; while Linda lurches from one unsatisfactory relationship to the next. As if this wasn''t enough, Clara, a senior cardiac specialist, has a new job to cope with...For Ania, meeting Clara Casey is a miracle: she had never intended to leave her beloved Poland, but after the love of her life has turned sour, her world seems rather empty. Perhaps a new job in a new country will mend her broken heart? Declan is looking forward to joining the clinic - but what should have been a straightforward six-month posting brings him far more than he expected. Then there''s Father Brian Flynn, whose life is turned upside down when his reputation is threatened; and the beautiful, cheerful nurse, Fiona, who can''t leave her troubled past behind ...

Clara Casey has more than enough on her plate. Her daughters Adi and Linda were no problem at all during the usually turbulent teens. Now in their twenties, Adi is always fighting for or against something: the environment or the whale or battery farming; while Linda lurches from one unsatisfactory relationship to the next. As if this wasn''t enough, Clara, a senior cardiac specialist, has a new job to cope with... For Ania, meeting Clara Casey is a miracle: she had never intended to leave her beloved Poland, but after the love of her life has turned sour, her world seems rather empty. Perhaps a new job in a new country will mend her broken heart? Declan is looking forward to joining the clinic - but what should have been a straightforward six-month posting brings him far more than he expected. Then there''s Father Brian Flynn, whose life is turned upside down when his reputation is threatened; and the beautiful, cheerful nurse, Fiona, who can''t leave her troubled past behind . . .

Maeve Binchy Read by Kate BinchyIn this extraordinary collection of stories, the world-wide bestselling author of Evening Class once again reveals her incomparable understanding of matters of the heart. In The Return Journey, Maeve Binchy creates powerful compelling stories of love, loss, revelation, and reconciliation. A secretary's silent passion for her boss meets the acid test on a business trip; a man and a woman's mutual disdain at first sight shows how deceptive appearances can be; an insecure wife clings to the illusion of order, only to discover chaos at the hands of a house-sitter who opens the wrong doors; a pair of star-crossed travelers pick up each other's bags, and then learn when you unlock a stranger's suitcase, you enter a stranger's life. These and many more poignant, ironic, often humorous stories - unforgettable slices of life -make up The Return Journey, a spellbinding trip into the human heart.

Das irische Städtchen Rossmore scheint am Ende der Welt zu liegen - und doch beherbergt es einen Schatz, zu dem viele Menschen pilgern: die Quelle der Heiligen Anna, die angeblich Wunder wirkt und durch die schon so mancher Wunsch in Erfüllung ging. Doch nun ist eine neue Straße geplant - und die Quelle soll verschwinden. Die Einwohner von Rossmore sind gespalten: Die einen glauben an die wundertätigen Kräfte der Quelle, die anderen halten das für puren Aberglauben. Selbst der junge Kaplan Brian Flynn weiß nicht, wen er unterstützen soll: die Familie von Neddy Nolan etwa, auf dessen Land die Straße verlaufen soll und dem man viel Geld als Entschädigung angeboten hat? Kaplan Brian lernt seine Schäfchen von einer völlig neuen Seite kennen, und Neddy Nolan, im Ort eher als unbedarft und bescheiden bekannt, entwickelt ungeahnte Geisteskräfte - dank der Liebe ...

A brand new novel from the world''s favourite storyteller, Maeve Binchy, is always a cause for celebration, a fact supported by the consistently excellent reviews: ''She is one of the few writers who can pull at your heartstrings. It is hard to read these stories of love, failure, betrayal and success without wiping a tear from the most cynical eye . . . The author''s great skill is to draw you into the world she creates, so that reading her books is like gossiping with old friends'' Daily Express. ''It''s always a treat to read one of Maeve Binchy''s novels'' Best.