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Maeve's Times (2013)

by Maeve Binchy(Favorite Author)

3.88 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

140915033X (ISBN13: 9781409150336)

languge

English

genre

Memoir & Autobiography

publisher

Orion

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 newspaper columns dating back to the 1960s until the early 2000s and I did enjoy it. One of her columns from the 1960s was about taking a field trip with her class and it made me laugh out loud, as did several others. She of course taught in Ireland, at a private school and I teach at a public school in the U.S. 50 years later but some aggravations never change; collecting money from the students, worrying about what parents will complain about and of course making sure you don't lose anyone. Al... morel in all it's a fun book to read.
review 2: This is my first Maeve Binchy book. Her novels are not the sort of book I normally read, but I love collections of essays, letters, and articles by good writers. This fits the bill. I picked it up in an airport bookshop before a long flight, and it was perfect for that.Maeve's Times covers Binchy's writing career from the beginning in the 1960s up to right before she died in 2012. In addition to writing a slew of novels and other fiction, she wrote for The Irish Times newspaper in a variety of roles -- columnist, correspondent, reporter. This book collects much of her writing from The Irish Times.What I found most remarkable is that from the very beginning, she had a conversational and informative style. She seemed always to be thinking in terms of stories, which is of course great for a novelist, but also is quite effective for a reporter. Her later writing has the same easy yet professional tone as the earlier pieces, but there are more opinionated essays, as you might expect. I enjoyed all of themAs a bonus, there's an interview she did in 2012, as well as a short story. So I actually have read some of her fiction now, and just may have to try some more. less

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