Maeve Binchy Libros

Stoneybridge es un pueblecito de la escarpada costa de Irlanda que recibe gran cantidad de turistas en verano y fuera de temporada se queda prácticamente vacío. Pero los alrededores no están desiertos del todo, porque en Stone House, un viejo y precioso hotel sobre el acantilado, hay un grupo de huéspedes muy variopinto que durante una semana de invierno disfruta de su cocina espaciosa y cálida, de la chimenea de leña y de los elegantes dormitorios. Y aunque casi nadie es capaz de resistirse a los encantos del lugar, pocos son quienes conocen su historia, y menos aún la historia de su amable anfitriona Geraldine Ryan, Chicky, para todo el mundo.Una semana en invierno cuenta la historia de los diversos personajes que coinciden en este hotel tan especial, y la sorprendente influencia que esa estancia tendrá en sus vidas.«Un libro para guardar como un tesoro. Maeve Binchy en el territorio que mejor conoce, lleno de su calidez característica y de su cautivadora manera de narrar.» Hello«Binchy guía a sus personajes a través de todos [sus]problemas con mano firme pero amable, ayudándolos a conseguir un futuro mejor. Seguramente es por eso por lo que los lectores la aprecian tanto. Eso y el hecho de que siempre supo cómo contar una buena historia.» Irish Times

Fresh from cooking school, Tom Feather and Cathy Scarlet are hot additions to the Dublin scene with their new catering company, but some people in the city, including their families, are not so keen on the idea of their success.

Kit MacMahon is a happy girl loved by her parents, but her world changes when her beautiful mother, Helen, mysteriously disappears. As Kit, her father, and brother Emmet cope with life without her, Kit is determined to fulfill her mother's wishes, only to discover that a mother's dreams are not always achievable.

EVENING CLASS The Italian evening class at Mountainview School is like hundreds of others all over Dublin. But this class has its own special quality - as the focus for the varied hopes and dreams of teacher and pupils alike. By the time the pupils set off on a grand trip to Italy, a surprising number of them have found more than the Italian language in the evening class. THE COPPER BEECH Shancarrig School stands in the shade of a glorious old copper beech whose colours tell the passing of the seasons and the years: a tree that has watched over many young lives. Here is a delightful story of the lives, loves and dreams of the people who pass below its branches. TARA ROAD Ria and Marilyn have never met - they live thousands of miles apart, one in Tara Road, Dublin, the other in New England. When each needs a place to escape to, a house exchange seems an ideal solution. Along with the borrowed houses come gossip and speculation, and friendship, as Ria and Marilyn swap lives for the summer...

Dublin 4: A society hostess invites her husband’s mistress to dinner. A country girl savours the delights of city life. A student faces the dilemma of unmarried pregnancy. A drink-ridden photographer tries to relaunch a shattered career. Dublin 4 has all of Maeve Binchy’s intimate grasp of human feelings, her marvellous ear for dialogue and her subtle sense of life’s confusion. The stories bubble with fun and wit — yet sometimes leave a taste of sadness. Victoria Line Central Every day, millions of people travel on London’s Underground, yet everyday life is not nearly as mundane as we think. At Notting Hill, the secretary, harbouring her secrets travels to work; at Highbury and Islington, Adam has a sudden change of heart; at Holborn, a disastrous reunion is about to take place. With her characteristic mix of humour and biting realism, Maeve Binchy enters the lives of ordinary people. The Lilac Bus is a collection of interrelated short stories by the writer Maeve Binchy, first published in 1984. The stories were later republished, along with the earlier collection Dublin 4, in The Lilac Stories.

Noel discovers his terminally ill ex-girlfriend is pregnant and agrees to care for their baby girl. As a single father facing his own challenges, he realizes he can't navigate this journey alone.

Dear Maeve is a collection of Maeve Binchy's articles from The Irish Times. Professor Anthony Clare on Dear Maeve: How do you tell someone that they've tucked their skirts into their knickers? Should you correct your wife when she says "commodium" instead of "condominium"? What should you do if your see your son-in- law nuzzling a woman, not your daughter, at a nearby lunch table? Maeve takes a subtle glance at the practical problems that confront us all; when, if ever, to put an elderly relative in a nursing home, how to avoid a Christmas argument that lasts an entire new year, just what to do for and say to a friend who is about to die. Behind the apparent ordinariness, the airy grace and the fluent style lies genuine wisdom

The story of the friendship between Benny and Eve through their childhood in Knockglen and their days as students in Dublin.