Chestnut Street - Hardcover

Binchy, Maeve

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0385351852 ISBN 13: 9780385351850

Publisher: Alfred a Knopf Inc, 2014

Synopsis

Maeve Binchy imagined a street in Dublin with many characters coming and going, and every once in a while she would write about one of these people. She would then put it in a drawer; “for the future,” she would say.The future is now.

Across town from St. Jarlath’s Crescent, featured in Minding Frankie, is Chestnut Street, where neighbors come and go. Behind their closed doors we encounter very different people with different life circumstances, occupations, and sensibilities. Some of the unforgettable characters lovingly brought to life by Binchy are Bucket Maguire, the window cleaner, who must do more than he bargained for to protect his son; Nessa Byrne, whose aunt visits from America every summer and turns the house—and Nessa’s world—upside down; Lilian, the generous girl with the big heart and a fiancé whom no one approves of; Melly, whose gossip about the neighbors helps Madame Magic, a self-styled fortune-teller, get everyone on the right track; Dolly, who discovers more about her perfect mother than she ever wanted to know; and Molly, who learns the cure for sleeplessness from her pen pal from Chicago . . .

Chestnut Street is written with the humor and understanding that are earmarks of Maeve Binchy’s extraordinary work and, once again, she warms our hearts with her storytelling.

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Review:

The author gives us one last extraordinary look at ordinary people as they struggle with family relationships, romances gone awry, and the possibility for a better future ... all with Binchy's thoughtful and loving touch that will be sorely missed (Publishers Weekly)

Maeve Binchy's work continues to inspire ... thought-provoking, warm and funny in equal measure. (Woman)

Thanks to Binchy's characteristic compassion, we find ourselves sympathising with her underdogs, welcoming the punishments visited on her scoundrels, and wishing for justice for those long-suffering characters who keep trying to do the right thing without any hope of recompense ... an unexpected treat. (Irish Mail on Sunday)

In Chestnut Street [there is] enough kindness, wisdom and insight into human nature, to remind readers why Maeve Binchy was one of the most beloved writers this country has ever produced. (Irish Times)

Written over the past decades, these heartwarming stories of Dublin life, set around Chestnut Street, are collected together for the first time ... Binchy's last book is one to treasure. (Woman & Home)

Binchy wrote as naturally as she breathed, and this collection has all her trademark humanity and humour (Saga magazine)

Book Description:

A delightful collection of linked stories from No. 1 bestselling author - simply the best.

About this edition

• Publisher: Alfred a Knopf Inc
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0385351852
• ISBN 13: 9780385351850
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 367