Best Selling Books by Maeve Binchy

A Vintage Shorts “Short Story Month” Original Selection They hadn’t intended it to be a full house. Dee and Liam had thought that their children would leave home one by one and come to see them on weekends. Wouldn’t that be nice? But Helen had never left; Rosie got married but not for long; Anthony writes songs and will be a sensation someday. And Dee wonders what she did wrong. Instead of enjoying her “old age,” she is taking care of everyone else. When a crisis occurs Dee takes charge and decides that something has to change—much to everyone’s surprise. Beloved storyteller and internationally bestselling author Maeve Binchy left a treasure trove of unpublished short stories after her death. “Full House” is everything we’ve come to expect from Binchy’s work—a world of charm, joy and sorrow, where we return again and again to be instructed and warmed. She received a Lifetime Achievement Award at the British Book Awards in 1999 and the Irish PEN/A.T. Cross Award in 2007 and is the author of many bestselling books including Maeve’s Times, Chestnut Street, and A Week in Winter. An eBook short.

Unable to come to terms with her misfit mother''s bouts of depression, Kit McMahon finds escape in her evening vigils along the lake shore, until her mother''s sudden death changes Kit''s life forever. By the author of Circle of Friends. 200,000 first printing. $200,000 ad/promo.

An anthology of sixteen short stories about family, friendship, and love features contributions from popular Irish women authors.

Maeve Binchy''s highly successful Quick Read. ''She is the Queen of Fiction and one of the funniest and best-loved storytellers in the world . . . once you read Maeve you are hooked for life'' IRISH TIMES ''Maeve Binchy''s work continues to inspire ... thought-provoking, warm and funny in equal measure'' WOMAN Molly Sullivan said that the new baby was a little star. She was no trouble at all and she was always smiling - so she became known as Star and no one remembered that her name was Oona. Star Sullivan just wanted everyone to be happy - her father to stop gambling, her mother not to work so hard, her brother to stay out of trouble, her sister to stop worrying about every little thing she ate. Then the Hale family moved in next door, and from the moment Star saw 23-year-old Laddy Hale, everything began to change - until Star was no longer the sweet, thoughtful girl everyone loved and no one worried about...

A Vintage Shorts “Short Story Month” Original Selection It starts out like any other dull day in a busy airport bar. James, the bartender, would much rather serve regulars at a local pub than cranky travelers. Katy and Colin have been involved in a longtime affair that comes to literal blows when he reveals that he hasn’t kept his promise to leave his wife. Between some quick thinking by James and the kindness of an American couple, Jean and Maurice, the situation is defused. And Jean’s insistence that they all stay in touch sparks friendships that are maintained across the ocean. But after nearly a decade of writing annual letters, she reveals a secret that casts the events of that day in a whole new light… The recent New York Times best seller, A Few of the Girls, is a collection of Maeve''s beloved short stories that one reviewer called “reminiscent of a letter from an old friend.” We are lucky that there are even more stories for her readers. In “The September Letters,” never before published in the United States, Maeve once again brings us into the lives of ordinary people where chance meetings have the potential to change lives. An ebook short.

Das Stone House ist eine zauberhafte Pension im Westen Irlands. Hier begegnen sich Menschen, die sich im Alltag nie begegnen würden, hier ereignet sich so manche Tragödie – und hier trifft der Leser auf gute Bekannte aus früheren Binchy-Bestsellern. Für sie und all die anderen Gäste wird der Aufenthalt zu einem schicksalhaften Erlebnis, das Augen öffnet und Hoffnungen zerstört, das Träume wahr werden lässt und die Weichen noch einmal ganz anders stellt.

Lekker lezen ondanks dyslexie Dit ebook uit de serie PrismaDyslexie bevat het lettertype Dyslexie. De letters van dit lettertype zijn zodanig aangepast dat dyslectici minder moeite hebben ze van elkaar te onderscheiden, waardoor er minder leesfouten gemaakt worden en het lezen gemakkelijker wordt. Echo’s In de kleine Ierse badplaats Castlebay woont Clare O’Brien. Haar grote droom is ooit aan het benauwde stadje te ontsnappen. Als ze jaren later de kans krijgt in Dublin te studeren, kruist haar pad weer dat van David Power, student geneeskunde en de zoon van de enige dokter in Castlebay. Ze vallen als een blok voor elkaar en niets lijkt ze in de weg te staan. Hun relatie wordt op de proef gesteld wanneer ze door hun ouders gedwongen worden te trouwen en terug te keren naar hun geboorteplaats. David geniet van zijn status als kersverse, rijke dokter. Clare lijdt echter zwaar onder de afkeurende houding van haar schoonmoeder en de bemoeienis van haar dorpsgenoten. Is hun liefde sterk genoeg? Maeve Binchy (1940-2012) is wereldwijd geliefd vanwege haar warme schrijfstijl en overtuigende personages. Van haar hartverwarmende boeken zijn wereldwijd ruim twintig miljoen exemplaren verkocht.

Millioner af rejsende tager hver dag med Londons undergrundsbane fra sted til sted - måske fra deres hjem til arbejdspladsen. Millioner af anonyme passagerer, der ikke kender noget som helst til hinandens liv og færden. Det er disse navnløse rejsende, som Maeve Binchy puster liv i med en række bevægende og sørgmuntre episodefortællinger. Der er f.eks. den mystiske sekretær, der hver dag stiger på toget på stationen Notting Hill og vogter omhyggeligt på sine livshemmeligheder, og der er Adam, som mellem to stationer - bogstaveligt talt - skifter retning i sit liv, og på stationen Holborn finder der et skæbnesvangert møde sted.

Een Ierse en een Amerikaanse, beiden met hun eigen verdriet, besluiten tijdens een zomer van huis te ruilen om te proberen tot rust te komen in een andere omgeving.

Eight children once carved their names on the trunk of the great copper beech which shaded the schoolhouse in Shancarrig. Now those children are grown. For each one, Shancarrig holds special memories - some too private ever to be told. From Ryan''s Hotel to Barna Woods where the gypsies came each year, from Nellie Dunn''s sweet shop to Father Gunn''s church, the tenor of life in this small Irish town is placid, uneventful - some would say dull But peel away the layers and all sorts of unexpected things come to light.

Big, soft-featured Benny, an adored only child, and Eve, the poor, bird-like orphan brought up by nuns, are best friends in the small Irish town of Knockglen. On their first day at University College, Dublin, a fatal road accident brings the pair together with fellow students Nan Mahon and Jack Foley, and new friendships are quickly struck. Jack and Nan introduce Eve and Benny to a life of excitement and sophistication. But beneath their carefree existence trouble is brewing for the circle of friends. Warmth and laughter are interwoven with sadness in this compassionate and absorbing tale of friends whose lives, over a period of ten years, become entwined in a bizarre triangle.

A collection of Maeve Binchy''s articles from The Irish Times.

The author of the bestselling Tara Road applies her signature warmth, wisdom, and understanding of the human experience to something new, a hilarious guide to the trials of hospitals, surgery, and convalescence.

Collects the best of the author''s essays from five decades of the "Irish Times" to reflect a changing culture as well as her observations on such topics as the royal wedding, waitressing, and boring airline companions.