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Maeve Binchy
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Pages: 400 (Paperback)
ISBN: 0752865366
Pub: Orion (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
Pub date: 2005-06-29
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 105601
Reader Reviews:
Favourite Maeve Binchy novel (0/0 people found this helpful)
I've read most of Maeve Binchy's books. This one is one of my favourites, in part because there's no unease halfway through the book where a couple who has been happily married suddenly grows tired of each other (which seems to happen a lot in other MB novels).
Admittedly there are no great twists or surprises (and the Shane character is woefuly one-dimensional) but the characters are well fleshed-out and easy to distunguish and as a reader I cared what happened to them.
A pleasant and easy read.
Away from Home You Still Carry Home in Your Heart (0/0 people found this helpful)
Maeve Binchy did it again for me. I always take her books on holidays and I end up reading her on the beach. This time I read her instead of sightseeing in Manchester - I could not wait until the summer.
This book takes you to Greece, a small town by the sea which is suddenly wrecked by a tragedy. A group of people from various countries witness the boat go up in flames at sea from a distance. The tragic view triggers memories and new decisions - some will return home, some will try to mend severed family ties, there will be a lot of tears and some smiles in the end. After the nights of rain and stars the new day will break and nothing will be as it used to before.
Obligatory reading for anyone who likes Maeve Binchy and a perfect introduction to all those unhappy souls who have never heard of her before!
Fine if you are 10 years old (0/0 people found this helpful)
Ummm... just bad. So unrealistic, stereotyped and a bit trite. Apparently this author has quite a reputation but I am sure this would never have been published had this not been the case. A bit patronising to Greek Islanders too with their simple ways. All life's problems solved by the presence of a bunch of selfish tourists. Yup, right.
The nights were full of stars for me .... (0/0 people found this helpful)
I thought this was a lovely book. Can't say that I have read much of Maeve Binchy's other work as it all seemed to be a little bit too similar for me. That said, this was a nice contemporary read. Shame that it is in quite a large format, as this may be off-putting to many that would pack in in their hand luggage as a quick read by the pool.
Recommend it to anyone going to the Green Islands, as a nice, steady little accompaniment when in the little Taverna or the beach. Nothing in there is going to get you laughing out loud and irritate your neighbours, but equally nothing to get you reaching for the kleenex.
Beautiful (1/1 people found this helpful)
This is the first book Ive read by the atuhor, maybe because its set in Greece (not her usual Ireland) and in present day (not in the usual 1950s). I was blown away. The beautiful story throws a bunch of strangers together at Andreas's Tavern (a man missing his son who left home 9 years ago), on a stunning Greek island one balmy Summer season. Following a tragic shipping accident, we meet all the main characters - Fiona and her violent boyfriend, Thomas (a divorced man also missing his son), Elsa who is running away from her lying ex partner, David who is trying to escape his overbearing family and Vonni, a middle aged Irish women who has lived on the island for years. Examining the issues of family and friendship, Ms Binchey creates a truly touching tale of strangers becoming friends, of people running away from their troubles and finding answers they never anticipated.
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