Chestnut Street - Softcover

Binchy, Maeve

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1594137544 ISBN 13: 9781594137549

Publisher: Lpp, 2015

Synopsis

While she was writing columns for The Irish Times and her best-selling novels, Maeve Binchy also had in mind to write a book that revolved around one street with many characters coming and going. Every once in a while, she would write about one these people. She would then put it in a drawer. For the future, she would say. The future is now.
Just around the corner from St. Jarlath's Crescent (which readers will recognize from 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. Written with the humor and understanding that are earmarks of Maeve Binchy's work, it is a pleasure to be part of this world with all of its joys and sorrows, to get to know the good and the bad, and ultimately to have our hearts warmed by 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)

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)

Book Description:

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

About this edition

• Publisher: Lpp
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1594137544
• ISBN 13: 9781594137549
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 623