Books by Maeve Binchy
![Full House [Quick Read] (Quick Reads) (2012)](/maeve-binchy/full-house-quick-read-quick-reads/cover)
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review 1: read this on Kindle and as with all Maeve Binchy had to keep reading. It is called a 'Quick read' in any case. Loved it especially as it has relevance to my own situation with 2 out of 4 grown up children back home after university. The dilemmas of family life and changed circums...
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review 1: Maeve's winning formula -- 1) create a bunch of characters, 2) provide all their backstories, and then 3) plop them all into one location to interact. She excels at this style of writing. In her previous books she's plopped her characters into an Italian language class, a hospita...
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review 1: Dee and Liam are having their three children, who are in their twenties, still at home. They are living there for free and let Dee do all the cooking and cleaning. When Liam loses his job they won't have enough money to keep their home if nobody else contributes. Something has to...
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review 1: I really enjoyed this very short story. It's about marriage, love, commitment, and supporting each other. It is a lesson we could all learn from. After being married for a few years, both of their children were off to school and camps, and having never taken a holiday together,...
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review 1: This is a heart warming selection of short stories of family, friendship, love and loss all featuring residents of Chestnut Street. There is Bucket Maguire the window cleaner who has to make a big sacrifice to protect his son, a group of residents who realise that New Year’s Eve...
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review 1: I decided to read or listen to many Maeve Binchy books in the coming months in remembrance of a wonderful author. At Audible there are a number of short stories or plays which I had never heard of. My first was A Week in Summer which was read by Maeve herself. Unfortunately, it j...
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review 1: I received this as an ARC and wanted to read it from the blurb mentioning how Maeve almost fell out of her chair trying to eavesdrop on someone dining near her. I recognized her name but have never read any of her books but I think I might try some now. This is a series of her ...
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review 1: The Garden Party by Maeve BinchyThis is an excellent short story.The heroine is Helen.She is going through a terrible period of her life.Her husband has abandoned her for another woman.Not only that, but the rival is nineteen years old, young enough to be his daughter. He is fort...