Maeve Binchy Books In Order

Standalone Novels In Publication Order

  1. Light a Penny Candle (1982)
  2. The Lilac Bus (1984)
  3. Echoes (1985)
  4. Firefly Summer (1987)
  5. Silver Wedding (1988)
  6. Circle of Friends (1990)
  7. The Copper Beech (1992)
  8. The Glass Lake (1994)
  9. Shancarrig (1995)
  10. Evening Class (1996)
  11. Tara Road (1998)
  12. Scarlet Feather (2000)
  13. Quentins (2002)
  14. Nights of Rain and Stars (2004)
  15. Whitethorn Woods (2006)
  16. Heart and Soul (2008)
  17. Minding Frankie (2010)
  18. A Week in Winter (2012)
  19. Sister Caravaggio (2014)

Short Stories/Novellas In Publication Order

  1. The Builders (2002)
  2. Star Sullivan (2006)
  3. A Week in Summer (2011)
  4. Full House (2012)
  5. Dusty’s Winter (2016)
  6. The September Letters (2016)

Fairytales for Feminists Books In Publication Order

  1. Ride on Rapunzel (1994)

Plays In Publication Order

  1. Deeply Regretted By (2006)
  2. Half Promised Land (2009)
  3. End of Term (2010)

Collections In Publication Order

  1. Central Line (1978)
  2. Victoria Line / London Transports (1980)
  3. Dublin Four (1981)
  4. Story Teller (1990)
  5. Dublin People (1993)
  6. This Year It Will Be Different and Other Stories (1995)
  7. Cross Lines (1996)
  8. The Return Journey (1998)
  9. Maeve’s Times (2013)
  10. Chestnut Street (2014)
  11. A Few of the Girls (2015)
  12. Maeve Binchy’s Treasury (2021)

Non-Fiction Books In Publication Order

  1. Maeve’s Diary (1979)
  2. Dear Maeve (1995)
  3. Aches & Pains (1999)
  4. A Time to Dance (2006)
  5. The Maeve Binchy Writers’ Club (2008)

Anthologies In Publication Order

  1. Irish Girls About Town (1995)
  2. Over the Moon (2009)
  3. From the Republic of Conscience (2010)

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Maeve Binchy Books Overview

Light a Penny Candle

As a child, Elizabeth White was sent from her war torn London home to a safer life in the small Irish town of Kilgarret. It was there, in the crowded, chaotic O’Connor household, that she met Aisling who would become her very best friend, sharing her pet kitten and secretly teaching her the intricacies of Catholicism. Aisling’s boldness brought Elizabeth out of her proper shell; later, her support carried Elizabeth through the painful end of her parents’ chilly marriage. In return, Elizabeth’s friendship helped Aisling endure her own unsatisfying marriage to a raging alcoholic. Through the years, they always believed they could overcome any conflict, conquer any hardship. They believed they could survive anything, as long as they had each other. Now they’re about to find out if they were right.

The Lilac Bus

The Journey…
Every Friday night a lilac colored minibus leaves Dublin for the Irish country town of Rathdoon with seven weekend commuters on board. All of them, from the joking bank porter to the rich doctor’s daughter, have their reasons for making the journey. The Destination…
Rathdoon is the kind of Irish village where family histories are shared and scandals don’t stay secret for long. And this weekend, when the bus pulls in, the riders find the unexpected waiting for them…
as each of their private lives unfolds to reveal a sharp betrayal of the heart, a young man’s crime, and a chance for new dreams among the eight intriguing men and women on…
From the Trade Paperback edition.

Echoes

‘It was sometimes called the echo cave, and if you shouted your question loud enough in the right direction, you got an answer instead of an echo…
‘Clare and David divided as children by a rigid social code that branded her as shanty Irish and him as gentry…
brought together as adults by a desire that knew no class, no barriers, only the urgent hunger of two people destined to love and ready to defy a world determined to keep them apart. Even at fifteen, David Power knew the echo would answer eleven year old Clare O’Brien’s dearest wish, to win a school prize. But it was years before Dr. Power’s cherished only son saw in the huckster’s daughter the answer to his own heart’s desire. Here in Castlebay, perched precariously on the seaside cliffs, the lines between them were clearly drawn. Clare’s only hope is to leave the town where time stopped, propelled by scholarships to Dublin, fueled by her own drive and brilliance, far from the insular, gossipy world of Castlebay and those in its thrall…
Angela O’Hara, beautiful, insolated, a teacher trapped in the convent school, who risks everything to help Clare escape…
Gerry Doyle, the town charmer who finds in Clare the woman he vows to have at any price…
Caroline Nolan, the beautiful, rich outsider who comes to plunder…
For Clare, that was before the wild freedom of Dublin, and love. And David. Before fate drove them back to Castlebay, and the past…
From the Paperback edition.

Firefly Summer

Kate Ryan and her husband, John, have a rollicking pub in the Irish village of Mountfern, four lovely children, and such wonderful dreams. But all that changes one fateful summer when American millionaire Patrick O Neill comes to town with his irresistible charm and money to burn. As love and hate vie for a town’s quiet heart, old traditions begin to crumble away. Patrick O Neill means to build the grand hotel of his dreams, with its promise of wealth and change, but loyalties are challenged, jealousies are ignited, and tragedy strikes before the foundation is even laid. Suddenly the Ryans lives are bound up with the newcomer in ways they could never have imagined. And Patrick O Neill faces his own crisis of conscience and heart as the events he sets in motion take on a life of their own in a town that will never be the same again.

Silver Wedding

There was never any question that Deirdre and Desmond Doyle would celebrate a gala twenty fifth anniversary. Naturally, their daughter Anna, would plan their grand affair. Of all three Doyle children, Anna knew exactly what their mother wished even as she lived her own secret life. Will Brendan, the rebellious son, even bother to return to London? Will Helen, the hapless would be nun, embarrass them all? This is Deirdre’s day, a triumph for a woman obsessed with keeping up appearances, her silvery revenge after marrying down twenty five years ago. She s determined to show them all: the maid of honor, still unmarried, still gorgeous, now a successful London business woman the best man, once Desmond s close friend, now his boss their reluctant priest, who harbors his own guilty secret.

As family and friends gather, a lifetime of lies takes its toll. But what begins as a family charade brings with it the transforming power of love and truth.

From the Paperback edition.

Circle of Friends

It began with Benny Hogan and Eve Malone, growing up, inseparable, in the village of Knockglen. Benny the only child, yearning to break free from her adoring parents…
Eve the orphaned offspring of a convent handyman and a rebellious blueblood, abandoned by her mother’s wealthy family to be raised by nuns. Eve and Benny they knew the sins and secrets behind every villager’s lace curtains…
except their own. It widened at Dublin, at the university where Benny and Eve met beautiful Nan Mahlon and Jack Foley, a doctor’s handsome son. But heartbreak and betrayal would bring the worlds of Knockglen and Dublin into explosive collision. Long hidden lies would emerge to test the meaning of love and the strength of ties held within the fragile gold bands of a…
Circle of Friends. From the Trade Paperback edition.

The Copper Beech

In the Irish town of Schancarrig, the young people carve their initials and those of their loves into The Copper Beech tree in front of the schoolhouse. But not even Father Gunn, the parish priest, who knows most of what goes on behind Shancarrig’s closed doors, or Dr. Jims, the village doctor, who knows all the rest, realizes that not everything in the placid village is what it seems. Unexpected passions and fear are bringing together the lives of so many, such as the sensitive new priest and Miss Ross, the slight, beautiful schoolteacher…
Leonora, the privileged daughter of the town’s richest family and Foxy Dunne, whose father did time in jail…
and Nessa Ryan, whose parents run Ryan’s Hotel, and two very different young men. For now the secrets in Shancarrig’s shadows are starting to be revealed, from innocent vanities and hidden loves to crimes of the heart…
and even to murder.

The Glass Lake

Lough Glass is at the heart and soul of the namesake town clinging to its shore. They say that if you go out on St. Agnes’ Eve and look into the lake at sunset you can see your future. But beneath its serene surface, the lake harbors secrets as dark and unfathomable as the beautiful woman who walks beside its waters. The Glass LakeMaeve BinchyLough Glass is home to Kit McMahon, in a way it will never be to her ravishing mother, Helen, the Dubliner with film star looks who found an unlikely mate in genial chemist Martin McMahon. Kit adores her mother, but can’t escape the memory of her, seen through a window, alone at the kitchen table, tears streaming down her face. Kit’s best friend and enemy, Clio Kelly, with her casual cruelties and unexpected kindnesses, is first to share the gossip about the exotic and elusive Helen until the terrible night Martin’s boat is found drifting upside down in the lake. The night Helen is lost. The night Kit discovers a letter from her mother on Martin’s pillow and burns it, unopened, in the grate. The night everything changes forever. As Kit and Clio are swept into passionate young adulthood, Kit is haunted by an unspoken guilt for which only Sister Madeleine, the hermit who lives in the woods, can offer absolution and by a dream of the life that might have been. In The Glass Lake, Maeve Binchy explores the unspoken language between mothers and daughters in an extraordinary story of a mother’s secret, a daughter’s courage, and the hidden bond between them that neither deceit nor death can destroy. For beneath the placid waters of Maeve Binchy’s bucolic world, chaos rules. But heaven, hell and hope take root in the human heart.

Evening Class

Maeve Binchy has captured the hearts of readers with her spectacular national bestsellers Circle of Friends, The Glass Lake, and This Year It Will be Different. Now she dazzles us once again with a new novel that is filled with her signature warmth, wit, and unforgettable characters a powerful, moving tale of ordinary men and women whose quiet lives hide the most unexpected things. Aidan Dunne, a Dublin Latin teacher, always meant to go back to the Italy he visited as a youth. But as the years passed, he concentrated instead on the usual struggles of daily life, like vying for the job of headmaster at his school, keeping memories of Italy in the back corners of his mind. At forty eight, emotionally distanced from his wife, baffled by his two grown daughters, Aidan Dunne might have given up entirely if it hadn’t been for the Evening Class. His class. A class called Introduction to Italian. A class where people from every walk of life come together. A class where long buried hopes come alive again. The teacher is Signora, a vivacious, eccentric woman with an irrepressible nature and a buried past. Her real name is Nora O’Donoghue, a Dublin native who abandoned Ireland decades before to follow her mysterious lover to Italy. Having defied her parents’ Catholic conventions, she ended up in a village where tradition dictated everything including how a woman could love or grieve. Now, as she meets Aidan Dunne and the men and women who come together each Tuesday and Thursday night, Signora begins to learn their secrets and their dreams. And slowly she transforms each of their lives. Suddenly Aidan Dunne’s last chance, his Evening Class has become a place of intrigue and revelation. Here Bill, a reliable bank clerk, uncovers the hidden source of his fiancee Lizzie’s outrageous behavior. Teenage Kathy, slow at day school but bright as a button with Signora, is coming close to realizing a devastating truth about her family. Streetwise Lou, his tuition paid by a crime boss, has his own agenda for the group. And mousy Fiona decides to meddle in a married man’s illicit affair with repercussions for everyone, including Signora and Aidan Dunne. In writing that is wise and evocative, powerful and moving, Maeve Binchy brings to life a story of families and lovers, of unrealized passions and moments of triumph, of wounds made by caring too much, or not caring at all. And in Evening Class she shows us the power of a dream to expand horizons, and transform clerks and schoolteachers into heroes.

Tara Road

With each new book, Maeve Binchy continues a remarkable progression of sales and audience growth, reaching fans of all ages and backgrounds with her matchless wit, warmth, and sheer storytelling magic. Tara Road, her first full length novel since The Glass Lake, again shows her incomparable understanding of the human heart in the tale of two women, one from Ireland, one from America, who switch lives, and in doing so learn much about each other, as well as much about themselves. Ria lived on Tara Road in Dublin with her dashing husband, Danny, and their two children. She fully believed she was happily married, right up until the day Danny told her he was leaving her to be with his young, pregnant girlfriend. By a chance phone call, Ria meets Marilyn, a woman from New England unable to come to terms with her only son’s death and now separated from her husband. The two women exchange houses for the summer with extraordinary consequences, each learning that the other has a deep secret that can never be revealed. Drawn into lifestyles vastly differing from their own, at first each resents the news of how well the other is getting on. Ria seems to have become quite a hostess, entertaining half the neighborhood, which at first irritates the reserved and withdrawn Marilyn, a woman who has always guarded her privacy. Marilyn seems to have become bosom friends with Ria’s children, as well as with Colm, a handsome restaurateur, whom Ria has begun to miss terribly. At the end of the summer, the women at last meet face to face. Having learned a great deal, about themselves and about each other, they find that they have become, firmly and forever, good friends.A moving story rendered with the deft touch of a master artisan, Tara Road is Maeve Binchy at her very best utterly beautiful, hauntingly unforgettable, entirely original, and wholly enjoyable.

Scarlet Feather

Scarlet Feather is the catering company newly formed by cooking school friends Tom Feather and Cathy Scarlet. They’re young and talented, they’ve made some smart connections, and they’ve found the perfect premises to make their new business the best in Dublin but not everyone seems as pleased by the idea of Scarlet Feather as they are. Cathy’s mother in law, already disapproving of her son’s choice of a wife, thinks that Scarlet Feather is just a hobby and that Cathy should stay at home. Cathy’s husband, Neil, a high living civil rights lawyer pays no mind to anything except his work. Tom’s parents are disappointed he has turned his back on the family building business, and Tom’s relationship with his beautiful, ambitious girlfriend, Marcella, begins to unravel as she struggles with career dreams of her own. With the help of their family and friends, Tom and Cathy start to take Dublin by storm. While some things go according to plan, and their hard work begins to pay off, events occur that no one could have expected: The arrival of a precocious, troublesome twin niece and nephew to Cathy’s home. Cathy’s sister Marian, long since emigrated to Chicago, returning to Dublin in search of an ‘authentic’ Irish wedding, replete with corned beef, cabbage, and leprechauns. And a troubled relative whose debts grow so great he will use any means necessary to get the money he needs even if Scarlet Feather fails in the process. Maeve Binchy at her very best, Scarlet Feather is a novel capturing one year in time. From New Year’s Eve to New Year’s Eve, readers will meet Tom Feather and Cathy Scarlet, their extended families, their many friends, and learn of the heartaches and triumphs, disappointments and joys, loves, losses, and sometimes even miracles, that can happen in time. Abridged. Four cassettes, six hours

Quentins

Maeve Binchy follows the enormous success of Scarlet Feather with a new book, Quentins, that delivers the hallmark storytelling that has kept her millions of fans happy for more than twenty years. Is it possible to tell the story of a generation and a city through the history of a restaurant? Ella Brady thinks so. She wants to film a documentary about Quentins that will capture the spirit of Dublin from the 1970s to the present day. 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. And Quentins has a thousand stories to tell: tales of love, of betrayal, of revenge; of times when it looked ready for success and of times when it seemed as if it must close in failure. In Maeve Binchy’s magical new book you will meet new friends and old. The twins from Scarlet Feather, Signora from Evening Class, and Ria from Tara Road all drop by, as do a host of new friends Mon, the ever cheerful Australian waitress, and Blouse Brennan, whose simplicity disguises a sharp mind and a heart of gold. Quentins is presided over by the apparently unflappable Patrick and Brenda Brennan, whose efforts have made the place a legend in the life of Dubliners and visitors alike. But even the Brennans have a story, and a problem, that is hidden from the public gaze. As Ella uncovers more and more of what has gone on at Quentins, she begins to question the wisdom of capturing it all in a documentary. Are there some stories that are too sacred to be told, some secrets that must be kept? By getting to know the people that pass through the doors of Quentins, Ella has finally gotten to know herself.

Nights of Rain and Stars

Nights of Rain and Stars is a story of sudden endings and new beginnings, of friendships forged in the face of tragedy, and of the Nights of Rain and Stars that fall and shine over a beautiful island in a sparkling sea. In a small Greek island village, a group of travelers from around the world and the local residents they encounter are brought together in unexpected ways when sudden tragedy strikes. In her inimitable style, Maeve Binchy shares with readers the lives of these strangers, learning their hopes, dreams, and fears as they move forward, forever changed by their experience. Here is the story of old Andreas, the gentle taverna owner who has spent many years regretting the argument that drove his only son to America; Elsa, the beautiful German reporter who gave up her television career and the man she loves once she learned the secret he hid from her; and Fiona, the Irish nurse and dutiful daughter, who’s gone off to travel with the man everyone says is wrong for her, determined to show them all even if everyone is right. This is also the story of David, the only son who loves his family but not the family business; Thomas, the Californian who is able to cope with his recent divorce but not with sharing his son with his wife s new husband; and Vonni, who rashly left behind her life in Ireland to follow her true love to this village thirty years ago and who is wise for everyone but herself. A story that only Maeve Binchy could tell, told with the authenticity, charm, and grace that are her trademark, Nights of Rain and Stars will be rightly cherished by her millions of fans around the world.

Whitethorn Woods

Whitethorn Woods is Binchy’s best read in a decade…
Few contemporary novelists match Binchy s gift for giving us the world through her characters eyes. The Globe and Mail Toronto Maeve Binchy once again brings us an enchanting book full of the wit, warmth, and wisdom that have made her one of the most beloved and widely read writers at work today. When 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 Well, which is set at the edge of the woods and slated for destruction. People have been coming to St. Ann s for generations to share their dreams and fears, and to 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. Not knowing which faction to favor, Father Flynn listens to all those caught up in the conflict, and these are the voices we hear in the stories of Whitethorn Woods men and women deciding between the traditions of the past and the promises of the future, ordinary people brought vividly to life by Binchy s generosity and empathy, and in the vivacity and surprise of her storytelling. Maeve Binchy is at the very top of her form in this irresistible tale.

Heart and Soul

Maeve Binchy makes you laugh, cry, and care. Her warmth and sympathy render the daily struggles of ordinary people heroic and turn storytelling into art. San Francisco ChronicleWith the insight, humor, and compassion we have come to expect from her, Maeve Binchy tells a story of family, friends, patients, and staff who are part of a heart clinic in a community caught between the old and the new Ireland. Dr. Clara Casey has been offered the thankless job of establishing the underfunded clinic and agrees to take it on for a year. She has plenty on her plate already two difficult adult daughters and the unwanted attentions of her ex husband but she assembles a wonderfully diverse staff devoted to helping their demanding, often difficult patients. Before long the clinic is established as an essential part of the community, and Clara must decide whether or not to leave a place where lives are saved, courage is rewarded, and humor and optimism triumph over greed and self pity. Heart and Soul is Maeve Binchy at her storytelling best.

Minding Frankie

Maeve Binchy is back with a tale of joy, heartbreak and hope, about a motherless girl collectively raised by a close knit Dublin community. When Noel learns that his terminally ill former flame is pregnant with his child, he agrees to take guardianship of the baby girl once she’s born. But as a single father battling demons of his own, Noel can t do it alone. Fortunately, he has a competent, caring network of friends, family and neighbors: Lisa, his unlucky in love classmate, who moves in with him to help him care for little Frankie around the clock; his American cousin, Emily, always there with a pep talk; the newly retired Dr. Hat, with more time on his hands than he knows what to do with; Dr. Declan and Fiona and their baby son, Frankie s first friend; and many eager babysitters, including old friends Signora and Aidan and Frankie s doting grandparents, Josie and Charles. But not everyone is pleased with the unconventional arrangement, especially a nosy social worker, Moira, who is convinced that Frankie would be better off in a foster home. Now it s up to Noel to persuade her that everyone in town has something special to offer when it comes to Minding Frankie. From the Hardcover edition.

The Builders

Original short fiction by a beloved best selling author on her best topic relationships. Charming novella from a masterful writer on the power of family secrets. Nan Ryan lives by herself at 14 Chestnut Road. When builders arrive to fix a deserted house next door, everyone expects the worst. But when the handsome workman looks to Nan to help unravel the mystery of the previous residents’ disappearance, a strange relationship develops. With family dynamics and crooked developers in the wings, things are about to get very messy…

Ride on Rapunzel

A collection of the very best of feminist fairytales including such authors as Maeve Binchey, Zoe Fairbairns, Ivy Bannister, Mary Dorcey, Leland Bardwell and Mairide Woods amongst others.

Deeply Regretted By

Deeply Regretted By
, Maeve Binchy’s classic television play, is a moving and powerful account of a tragedy affecting a woman in London who discovers, on the death of her ‘husband,’ that their married life was a lie. The play reflects the sociopolitical realities of Irish men marrying and starting families both at home and abroad, principally after they were forced to emigrate for work. Presenting a brave and revealing account of a hidden layer of Irish society, Maeve Binchy first brought the subject to the surface in her Irish Times story, ‘Death of Kilburn,’ also included in this volume.

Victoria Line / London Transports

Every day, millions of people travel on London’s Underground, yet everyday life is not nearly as mundane as we think. At Notting Hill, the secretary, harbouring her secrets travels to work; at Highbury and Islington, Adam has a sudden change of heart; at Holborn, a disastrous reunion is about to take place. With her characteristic mix of humour and biting realism, Maeve Binchy enters the lives of ordinary people.

Dublin Four

A society hostess invites her husband’s mistress to dinner. A country girl savours the delights of city life. A student faces the dilemma of unmarried pregnancy. A drink ridden photographer tries to relaunch a shattered career. Dublin 4 has all of Maeve Binchy s intimate grasp of human feelings, her marvellous ear for dialogue and her subtle sense of life s confusion. The stories bubble with fun and wit yet sometimes leave a taste of sadness.

This Year It Will Be Different and Other Stories

From the New York Times bestselling author of Circle of Friends and The Glass Lake comes This Year It Will Be Different, a stunning new work that brings us the magic and spirit of Christmas in fifteen stories filled with Maeve Binchy’s trademark wit, charm, and sheer storytelling genius. Instead of nostalgia, Binchy evokes contemporary life; instead of Christmas homilies, she offers truth; and instead of sugarplums, she brings us the nourishment of holidays that precipitate change, growth, and new beginnings. In ‘A Typical Irish Christmas,’ a grieving New York widower heads for a holiday in Ireland and finds an unexpected destination not just for himself, but for a father and daughter at odds. The title story ‘This Year It Will Be Different’ also delves into the emotions of a person at mid life a woman with a complacent husband and grown children who are entering a season that can forever alter her life, and theirs. In ‘Pulling Together,’ a teacher not yet out of her twenties sees her affair with a married man at a turning point as Christmas Eve approaches and she may be off on a new direction with some unusual friends. And in the delightful tale ‘The Hard Core,’ the four most recalcitrant residents of a nursing home are left alone at Christmas with the owner’s daughter in charge: the result is sure to be disaster or the kind of life affirming renewal that only the spirit of the season can bring. The stories in This Year It Will Be Different powerfully evoke many lives step families grappling with ex’s, long married couples faced with in law problems, a wandering husband choosing between ‘the other woman’ and his wife, a child caught in grown up tugs of war during the one holiday when feelings cannot be easily hidden. The time of year may be magical, imbued with meaning. But the situations are universal. And Maeve Binchy makes us care about them all. As the Philadelphia Inquirer noted, ‘Maeve Binchy’s people come to life fully. They make you laugh and cry and disturb your sleep.’ They do precisely that in this extraordinary collection, on the night before Christmas when we are snug in our beds, or anywhere, any time of the year. From the Hardcover edition.

The Return Journey

In this extraordinary collection of stories, the New York Times bestselling author of Evening Class and This Year It Will Be Different once again reveals her incomparable understanding of matters of the heart. In The Return Journey, Maeve Binchy brings us sons and lovers, daughters and strangers, husbands and wives in their infinite variety powerfully 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 take each other’s bags, and then learn that when you unlock a stranger’s suitcase, you enter a stranger’s life. In their company are many more, whose poignant, ironic, often humorous stories unforgettable slices of life make up The Return Journey, a spellbinding trip into the human heart. Maeve Binchy was born and educated in Dublin. She is the author of the bestselling books Evening Class, This Year It Will Be Different, The Glass Lake, The Copper Beech, The Lilac Bus, Circle of Friends, Silver Wedding, Firefly Summer, Echoes, Light a Penny Candle, and London Transports, three volumes of short stories, two plays, and a teleplay that won three awards at the Prague Film Festival. She has been writing for The Irish Times since 1969 and lives with her husband, Gordon Snell, in Dublin. From the Hardcover edition.

Aches & Pains

It’s the perfect gift: Laughter, the best medicine! From beloved author Maeve Binchy. Maeve Binchy has captured the hearts of millions with her spectacular national bestsellers, from Circle of Friends to Tara Road. Now she applies her signature warmth, wit, and understanding to something new a wickedly funny book for anyone who’s checked into the hospital, headed for an operation, or convalesced at home. Drawing on her own experiences as a patient, Maeve Binchy, together with artist Wendy Shea, has created this wry, deliciously illustrated book of wit and wisdom, a hilarious insider’s guide to hospital stays and at home convalescence. Filled with Maeve’s candid real life anecdotes and laugh out loud advice plus Wendy Shea’s irreverent drawings Aches & Pains is just what the doctor ordered! Discover:Ten little jobs you can give to anyone who asks: ‘How can I help?’Outrageous ways to take advantage of your weakened state. Things to say to annoy the patient in the next bed. Dignified ways to cope with all the indignities of baring your body to strangers. Great gifts to suggest when someone asks: ‘What can I bring you?’Tips on dealing with visitors…
and hospital food. Plus recipes, poems, home remedies, and more!The author’s royalties for this book will be donated to the Arthritis Foundation.

The Maeve Binchy Writers’ Club

The most important thing to realize is that everyone is capable of telling a story. Maeve Binchy If you scribble story ideas on the backs of receipts If you file away bits of overheard conversation from the coffee shop…
If you ve already chosen the perfect pen name…
Well, then the journey has begun! In this warm and inspiring guide, beloved author Maeve Binchy shares her unique insight to how a best selling author writes: from finding a subject and creating good writing habits to sustaining progress and seeking a publisher. Whether you want to write stories or plays, humor or mysteries, Binchy prescribes advice for every step with her signature humor and generous spirit. She has called upon other writers, editors, and publishers to add their voices to this treasury of assistance for budding writers and a refreshing dose of encouragement for longtime scribes. And once you are ready, an appendix offers of writing awards and competitions and a selection of websites and literary journals.

Irish Girls About Town

Ah go on…
tell us. New York Times bestselling authors Maeve Binchy and Marian Keyes top an impressive roster of the Emerald Isle’s most popular women writers and prove that when it comes to spinning a good yarn, the Irish are the best in the business. Showcasing dazzling wit and remarkable insight in short stories that run the gamut from provocative to poignant, these Irish women will tug at your heartstrings and have you crying with laughter in no time. She did what?! In Maeve Binchy’s ‘Carissima,’ a longtime ex pat and free spirit returns to Ireland from Sicily and shakes things up for her family, who finds her life utterly scandalous. In ‘Soulmates,’ by Marian Keyes, one woman’s relationship is so bleedin’ perfect in every way that it’s driving her friends up the wall. In Cathy Kelly’s ‘Thelma, Louise and the Lurve Gods,’ two women on a madcap, Stateside road trip have completely opposite reactions to a pair of insanely good looking men. In these stories, and throughout this fabulous collection, Ireland’s finest women authors celebrate the joys and perils of love, the adventure and constancy of female friendships, and their own irresistible brand of Irish charm.

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