Maeve Binchy

El primer gran best seller de Maeve Binchy narra la historia de dos mujeres unidas por la Segunda Guerra Mundial, el amor, la esperanza y su infancia en las tierras de Irlanda.Londres, 1940. La tension entre la poblacion aumenta a medida que la guerra se vuelve mas virulenta y va dejando tras de si un numero escalofriante de victimas civiles. La ciudad se ha convertido en el blanco de los ataques de las fuerzas aereas alemanas. Violet White teme perder a su hija Elizabeth en un bombardeo y decide enviarla a Irlanda, a casa de Eileen OConnor, su mejor amiga de la infancia. La pequeña solo tiene diez años cuando llega a Kilgarret, pero enseguida se adapta y entabla amistad con la hija de Eileen, Aisling OConnor, quien se convierte practicamente en una hermana para ella.Al terminar la guerra, Elizabeth se ve obligada a regresar junto a su madre en Londres, pero su corazon permanecera para siempre en Irlanda, en casa de los OConnor. Ni siquiera la distancia, el tiempo y el desengaño amoroso lograran truncar su amistad con Aisling.La critica ha dicho...El libro mas encantador que he leido desde Lo que el viento se llevo.Irish IndependentUn libro absolutamente ameno y placentero.The TimesUna primera novela maravillosa, que combina habilidades tan extrañas como el talento por la narracion y un estilo memorable.Jeffrey ArcherBrillante: una novela notable, panoramica e infinitamente entretenida.Molly Keane, Irish PressEl atractivo del estilo de Maeve Binchy radica en una caracterizacion fuerte, una buena narracion y las evocaciones reconfortantes de un mundo acogedor.Telegraph

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

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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...

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.

Bajo el cielo de Dublín es la historia de unas familias poco convencionales, de relaciones que no son lo que parecen y de una niña pequeña que va a ganarse el corazón de todos.Frankie está a punto de nacer. Su madre busca desesperadamente a alguien que la cuide, pero le queda muy poco tiempo. Noel no parece el padre ideal pero, cautivado por la pequeña, no tardara en ponerse manos a la obra para darle un hogar. Afortunadamente cuenta con una red de amigos, vecinos y familiares para ayudarle. Tenemos a Emily -su prima-, a Lisa, -que se cuelga de un cocinero tan carismatico como egoista- y a Frank -el gerente del hospital que no sabe relacionarse con su hijo-.Pero no todo el mundo esta contento con este arreglo tan particular, especialmente una entrometida y antipatica señorita de los servicios sociales que esta convencida de que Frankie estara mejor en un hogar de acogida. ¿Podra Noel demostrarle lo equivocada que esta?La critica ha dicho...Binchy te hace reir, llorar y sentir. Su calidez y simpatia transforman las luchas cotidianas de la gente corriente en heroicas, y hacen de la narracion un arte.The San Franciso ChronicleNo lo dudes, aqui hay magia.The Sunday TimesEl mejor libro de Binchy de esta decada.Toronto Globe and MailNadie la supera.The Sunday ExpressUna escritora de talento destacado.The New York TimesOtro libro de Binchy delicioso, envolvente y con un gran corazon.The Irish Times

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...

''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, but 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 stories, full of the warmth, charm and humour that has always been an essential part of all of Maeve''s writing.

Millions of people travel on Londons tube every day, yet we usually give our fellow passengers only a cursory glance. But each one of these nameless passengers has their own story to tell. At Notting Hill, the mysterious secretary, harbouring her secrets, travels to work

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.

Aproposed highway near the Irish town of Rossmore will mean the destruction of St. Ann''s Well, a shrine in Whitethorn Woods thought to deliver healing, husbands and other miracles. The shrine resides in the parish of Fr. Brian Flynn, curate of St. Augustine''s. As a fracas erupts between shrine skeptics who want the highway and shrine believers who want the shrine preserved, Flynn, unsure of where he stands on the issue and questioning his place in an increasingly secular Ireland, goes to the shrine and prays that he might "hear the voices that have come to you and know who these people are." Binchy (Tara Road) goes on to deliver just that: a panoply of prosaic but richly drawn first-person characters, such as Neddy Nolan, a not-so-simple simpleton; 60-something Vera, who finds love on a singles trip meant for those much younger; and unassuming antiques magnate James, whose wife of 26 years is dying. Stories of greed, infidelity, mental illness, incest, the joys of being single, the struggles of modern career women, alcoholism, and the heartbreak of parenting span generations, simply and poignantly. Binchy takes it all in and orchestrates the whole masterfully. 400,000 announced first printing.