Maeve Binchy: The Biography (Thorndike Press large print biography) - Hardcover

Dudgeon, Piers

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1410472841 ISBN 13: 9781410472847

Publisher: Thorndike Pr, 2014

Synopsis

Maeve Binchy's novels sold more than 40 million copies worldwide, and when she died on 30th July 2012, she did so as Ireland's best-loved writer. In books such as Circle of Friends, Tara Road and Scarlet Feather, no one else told stories like Maeve Binchy. Humane, down-to-earth, funny, her novels captured imaginations on both sides of the Atlantic in a way that most authors only dream of. Millions of her fans were disappointed when she announced in 2000 she was retiring - a false alarm - and now that she has passed away more will want something to remind them of her. More than a biography, this extraordinary book visits Maeve Binchy in the land of her birth, which is the environment of her novels, and in the company of the author and her fictional characters sets out to discover the emotional contours which define her as a writer and person.

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Review

Those who loved Maeve and her writing will be grateful that her life has been dutifully documented, and that she has formally taken her place in the canon of Irish literary and media life. --Irish Independent

This joy of a biography is an absolute must for fans of the treasured Irish author, who died a year ago... A vivid portrait of a generous-hearted, funny and consummate storyteller. --Hello!

This book will be read with interest by many. --Irish Catholic

"A loving tribute to the popular Irish writer who died two years ago at the age of 72 [...] Piers Dudgeon, who has written biographies of writers Barbara Taylor Bradford, J.M. Barrie and Daphne du Maurier, does a deft job juxtaposing the allegorical nature of Binchy's fiction to events in her life [...] Dudgeon delivers a love letter penned to the late author and her fiction [...] fans will find new insight to their favorite Binchy works." --USA TODAY

Biographer Dudgeon specialises in telling the stories of prolific matriarchal female writers. --Yorkshire Post

"An upbeat biography of the prolific, much-loved Irish writer. [Dudgeon] captures her ebullience and drive in this anecdotal biography." -- Kirkus Reviews

This sensitive biography celebrates the talent, optimism and humanity of a much-loved author. --Good Book Guide

About the Author

PIERS DUDGEON worked for ten years as an editor in London before starting his own publishing company, Pilot Productions. He is the author of bestselling biographies of Catherine Cookson, Edward de Bono, the composer Sir John Tavener, and the novelists Barbara Taylor Bradford, Josephine Cox, J. M. Barrie and Daphne du Maurier.

About this edition

• Publisher: Thorndike Pr
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1410472841
• ISBN 13: 9781410472847
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 443