Maeve Binchy

A delightful collection of linked stories from No.1 bestselling author Maeve Binchy - simply the bestJust round the corner from St Jarlath''s Crescent (featured in MINDING FANKIE) is Chestnut Street. Here, the lives of the residents are revealed in Maeve Binchy''s wonderful collection of storiesBucket Maquire, the window cleaner, who must do more than he bargained for to protect his son.Nessa Byrne, who''s aunt comes to visit from America for six weeks every summer and turns the house - and Nessa''s world - upside down.Lilian, the generous girl with a big heart, and the fiance not everyone approves of.And Melly, whose gossip about the neighbours leads to trouble in the form of a the fortune teller - ''Madame Magic''...No one rivals Maeve Binchy for stories of warmth, kindness, love, loss - and life not always turning out as expected...

Just round the corner from St Jarlath's Crescent (featured in MINDING FRANKIE) is Chestnut Street. Here, the lives of the residents are revealed in Maeve Binchy's wonderfully compelling tales: Bucket Maguire, the window cleaner, who must do more than he bargained for to protect his son. Nessa Byrne, whose aunt comes to visit from America for six weeks every summer and turns the house - and Nessa's world - upside down. Lilian, the generous girl with a big heart, and the fiance not everyone approves of. And Melly, whose gossip about the neighbours leads to trouble in the form of the fortune teller, 'Madame Magic'...No one rivals Maeve Binchy for stories of warmth, kindness, love, loss - and life not always turning out as expected.

Just round the corner from St Jarlath''s Crescent (featured in MINDING FRANKIE) is Chestnut Street. Here, the lives of the residents are revealed in Maeve Binchy''s wonderfully compelling tales:Bucket Maguire, the window cleaner, who must do more than he bargained for to protect his son. Nessa Byrne, whose aunt comes to visit from America for six weeks every summer and turns the house - and Nessa''s world - upside down. Lilian, the generous girl with a big heart, and the fiance not everyone approves of. And Melly, whose gossip about the neighbours leads to trouble in the form of the fortune teller, ''Madame Magic''...No one rivals Maeve Binchy for stories of warmth, kindness, love, loss - and life not always turning out as expected.

Das irische Städtchen Rossmore scheint am Ende der Welt zu liegen - und doch beherbergt es einen Schatz, zu dem viele Menschen pilgern: die Quelle der Heiligen Anna, die angeblich Wunder wirkt und durch die schon so mancher Wunsch in Erfüllung ging. Doch nun ist eine neue Straße geplant - und die Quelle soll verschwinden. Die Einwohner von Rossmore sind gespalten: Die einen glauben an die wundertätigen Kräfte der Quelle, die anderen halten das für puren Aberglauben. Selbst der junge Kaplan Brian Flynn weiß nicht, wen er unterstützen soll: die Familie von Neddy Nolan etwa, auf dessen Land die Straße verlaufen soll und dem man viel Geld als Entschädigung angeboten hat? Kaplan Brian lernt seine Schäfchen von einer völlig neuen Seite kennen, und Neddy Nolan, im Ort eher als unbedarft und bescheiden bekannt, entwickelt ungeahnte Geisteskräfte - dank der Liebe ...

Clara Casey has more than enough on her plate. Her daughters Adi and Linda were no problem at all during the usually turbulent teens. Now in their twenties, Adi is always fighting for or against something: the environment or the whale or battery farming; while Linda lurches from one unsatisfactory relationship to the next. As if this wasn't enough, Clara, a senior cardiac specialist, has a new job to cope with...For Ania, meeting Clara Casey is a miracle: she had never intended to leave her beloved Poland, but after the love of her life has turned sour, her world seems rather empty. Perhaps a new job in a new country will mend her broken heart? Declan is looking forward to joining the clinic - but the six-month posting brings him much more than he expected. Then there's Father Brian Flynn, who finds his doubts about his calling are assuaged by work in his new parish. But when an acquaintance turns into a nightmare he needs help to rescue his reputation...

Dr. Clara Casey dachte, ihr Job als Kardiologin sei ihr sicher. Aber sie wird versetzt und soll eine Herzrehabilitationsklinik mit aufbauen. Dabei hat sie mit zwei Töchtern und ihrem aufdringlichen E

Clara Casey has more than enough on her plate. Her daughters Adi and Linda were no problem at all during the usually turbulent teens. Now in their twenties, Adi is always fighting for or against something: the environment or the whale or battery farming; while Linda lurches from one unsatisfactory relationship to the next. As if this wasn''t enough, Clara, a senior cardiac specialist, has a new job to cope with... For Ania, meeting Clara Casey is a miracle: she had never intended to leave her beloved Poland, but after the love of her life has turned sour, her world seems rather empty. Perhaps a new job in a new country will mend her broken heart? Declan is looking forward to joining the clinic - but what should have been a straightforward six-month posting brings him far more than he expected. Then there''s Father Brian Flynn, whose life is turned upside down when his reputation is threatened; and the beautiful, cheerful nurse, Fiona, who can''t leave her troubled past behind . . .

A brand new novel from the world''s favourite storyteller, Maeve Binchy, is always a cause for celebration, a fact supported by the consistently excellent reviews: ''She is one of the few writers who can pull at your heartstrings. It is hard to read these stories of love, failure, betrayal and success without wiping a tear from the most cynical eye . . . The author''s great skill is to draw you into the world she creates, so that reading her books is like gossiping with old friends'' Daily Express. ''It''s always a treat to read one of Maeve Binchy''s novels'' Best.

Baby Frankie is born into an unusual family. Her mother is desperate to find someone to take care of her child and she doesn′t have much time. Noel doesn′t seem to be the most promising of fathers but despite everything, he could well be Frankie′s best hope. As for Lisa, she is prepared to give up everything for the man she loves; surely he′s going to love her back? And Marian is having none of it. She knows what′s right, and has the power to change the course of Frankie′s life . . . but Marian is hiding secrets of her own.

The town of Rossmore is a special place, full of character charm. Nestled beside the Whitethorn Wood, the town has grown since the days when it was small and friendly and everyone knew everyone else; now it has chain stories and traffic problems and housing estates. But still, there is the Whitethorn Wood, full of spiky bushes and criss-crossed with paths; and there''s St Ann''s Well, where generations have come to pray or make wishes or just to look back at the pretty little town. Which is why there is going to be such a fuss about the plans for the new motorway. It''s going to by-pass Rossmore, cutting through the Whitethorn Wood and endangering the well itself. The new road will bring jobs and relieve traffic in the town; for others, it will destroy businesses and leave the town a backwater. The people of Rossmore are divided. There is a lot of land standing in the way of the great road of progress. Quite by accident the decision rests on Neddy Nolan - the most honest man in Rossmore. A man determined to do the right thing.

In the Irish town of Schancarrig, the young people carve their initials-and those of their loves -- into the copper beech tree in front of the schoolhouse. But not even Father Gunn, the parish priest, who knows most of what goes on behind Shancarrig''s closed doors, or Dr. Jims, the village doctor, who knows all the rest, realizes that not everything in the placid village is what it seems. Unexpected passions and fear are bringing together the lives of so many, such as the sensitive new priest and Miss Ross, the slight, beautiful schoolteacher... Leonora, the privileged daughter of the town''s ...

''The Irish do love telling stories, and we are suspicious of people who don''t have long, complicated conversations. There used to be a rule in etiquette books that you should invite four talkers and four listeners to a dinner party. That doesn''t work in Ireland, because nobody knows four listeners'' Maeve Binchy Maeve Binchy''s bestselling novels not only tell wonderful stories, they also give an insight in to how Ireland has changed over the decades, but how people remain the same: they still fall in love, sometimes unsuitably; they still have hopes and dreams; they have deep, long-standing friendships, and some that fall apart. From her earliest writing to her most recent, Maeve''s work has included wonderfully nostalgic pieces and also sharp, often witty writing which is insightful and topical. But at the heart of all Maeve''s fiction are the people and their relationships with each other. A FEW OF THE GIRLS is a glorious collection of the very best of her stories, full of the warmth, charm and humour that has always been an essential part of all of Maeve''s writing.