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About the Author

Maeve Binchy was born in Dublin, Ireland on May 28, 1940. She received a B.A. from University College in Dublin in 1960. After teaching at a school for girls, she became a journalist, columnist and editor at the Irish Times. By 1979, she was writing plays, a successful television script, and show more several short story collections. Her first novel, Light a Penny Candle, was published in 1982. During her lifetime, she wrote more than 20 books including Silver Wedding, Scarlet Feather, Heart and Soul, Minding Frankie, and A Week in Winter. The Lilac Bus and Echoes were made into TV movies, while Circle of Friends, Tara Road and How About You were made into feature films. Her title Chestnut Street is a New York Times Best Seller. She died after a brief illness on July 30, 2012 at the age of 72. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

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Works by Maeve Binchy

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Tara Road (1998) 4,375 copies

Circle of Friends (1990) 3,811 copies

Scarlet Feather (2000) 2,987 copies

Quentins (2002) 2,919 copies

Evening Class (1996) 2,734 copies

The Glass Lake (1994) 2,530 copies

Nights of Rain and Stars (2004) 2,479 copies

Whitethorn Woods (2006) 2,208 copies

The Copper Beech (1992) 2,058 copies

Light a Penny Candle (1982) 1,967 copies

A Week in Winter (2012) 1,785 copies

Heart and Soul (2008) 1,783 copies

Echoes (1985) 1,696 copies

Firefly Summer (1987) — Author — 1,599 copies

Minding Frankie (2011) 1,535 copies

The Lilac Bus (1984) 1,253 copies

This Year It Will Be Different (1996) 1,215 copies

Silver Wedding (1988) 1,193 copies

The Return Journey (1998) — Author — 1,084 copies

London Transports (1980) 776 copies

Chestnut Street (2014) 737 copies

Irish Girls About Town: An Anthology of Short Stories (2002) — Contributor — 587 copies

Dublin 4 (1982) 371 copies

A Few of the Girls: Stories (2015) 357 copies

Maeve's Times: In Her Own Words (2013) 261 copies

Firefly Summer | The Lilac Bus | Silver Wedding (1995) 183 copies

Aches & Pains (1999) 132 copies

Full House (2012) 125 copies

The Maeve Binchy Writers' Club (2008) 123 copies

Star Sullivan (2006) 119 copies

The Builders (Open Door) (2009) 86 copies

Victoria Line (1980) 57 copies

Dublin People: Short Stories: 2500 Headwords (1750) 53 copies

A Week in Summer: A Short Story (2011) 48 copies

Circle of Friends [and] Silver Wedding (1990) 38 copies

M.I.L.K: Friendship: Moments of Intimacy Laughter Kinship, Vol. 2 (2001) 35 copies

Light a Penny Candle | The Lilac Bus (1982) 34 copies

The Garden Party and Other Stories (BBC Dramatization) (2008) 27 copies

Circle of Friends | The Copper Beech (2003) 27 copies

Cross Lines (1996) 26 copies

Ride on Rapunzel: Fairytales for Feminists (1991) — Contributor — 24 copies

Dublin 4 | Lilac Bus | Victoria Line, Central Line (1998) 22 copies

The Copper Beech | Evening Class (2004) 22 copies

Deeply Regretted By (1979) 22 copies

Maeve Binchy's Treasury (2011) 21 copies

The Homecoming and Other Stories (BBC Dramatization) (2009) 21 copies

Dear Maeve (1995) 21 copies

Central Line (1978) 20 copies

The Glass Lake | Quentins | Scarlet Feather (2005) 16 copies

The Cruise (1995) 15 copies

Sister Caravaggio (2014) 13 copies

Echoes | Light a Penny Candle (1999) 13 copies

The Copper Beech | Evening Class | Tara Road (2002) 13 copies

PLPR4:Evening Class RLA (2008) 12 copies

No Nightingales, No Snakes: A Full-Cast BBC Radio Drama (BBC Audio) (2007) 11 copies

My first book (1970) 10 copies

Maeve Binchy Omnibus II: Firefly Summer / Echoes (1994) 10 copies

Circle of Friends | The Copper Beech | Evening Class | Tara Road 8 copies

The Return Journey | This Year It Will Be Different (2004) 8 copies

Time-Life Book Digest: Circle of Friends | Magic Hour | Jurassic Park | Forgiving (1991) 8 copies

Circle of Friends | The Copper Beech | The Glass Lake (1999) 8 copies

Maeve's diary: From Maeve Binchy's column in the 'Irish times' (1979) 7 copies

Stories from Ireland (2002) 7 copies

The September Letters (2016) 6 copies

Histoires à lire: six nouvelles (1999) 6 copies

Half-Promised Land (2017) 6 copies

The Copper Beech | Echoes (1985) 5 copies

Maeve Binchy Three Great Novels: Scarlet Feather / Tara Road / Evening Class (2005) 5 copies

Dusty's Winter: from The Maeve Binchy Writers' Club (A Vintage Short) (2016) 5 copies

End of Term (2017) 5 copies

A Time to Dance (2006) 4 copies

Circle of Friends | Firefly Summer (1994) 4 copies

Maeve Binchy Multiple Volumes (1982) 3 copies

Maeve Binchy's Treasury (2020) 3 copies

The Copper Beech/A Week in Winter (2017) 3 copies

Maeve Binchy 3 book boxed set - Dublin 4, Lilac Bus, Silver Wedding (2010) 2 copies

Fortællinger fra Chestnut Street (2015) 2 copies

Time-Life Book Digest: The Copper Beech | Red Square | My Breast: One Woman's Cancer Story | The Generals Daughter 2 copies

LAGO DE CRISTAL , EL (Spanish Edition) (2010) 2 copies

Maeve Binchy Three Novels: Heart and Soul; Whitethorn Woods; Minding Frankie (2016) 2 copies

2920129546 2 copies

By Maeve Binchy:Minding Frankie [Hardcover] (2010) 1 copy

Il lago di cristallo 1 copy

White Thorn Woods 1 copy

Desde el corazón (2012) 1 copy

A week in Winter 1 copy

Breathing Lessons / The Alphabet Sisters / Firefly Summer (2012) — Contributor — 1 copy

Línea azul, línea roja (2000) 1 copy

Nora O'Donoghues drm̲ (2008) 1 copy

Evening class 1 copy

Light a Penny Candle by Maeve Binchy (Aug 5 2003) 1 copy

Fialový autobus (2000) 1 copy

NIGHT OF RAIN AND STARS 1 copy

The Cooper Beech, The Ice, Mrs Washington and Horowitz, Too, All Around the Town 1 copy

This Year Will Be Different and Other Stories 1 copy

Irische Sehnsucht 1 copy

Dusty's Winter 1 copy

Time-Life Book Digest: McNally's Secret / The Duchess / Dance While You Can / The Lilac Bus 1 copy

Light a Penny Candle (Famous Firsts) by Maeve Binchy (1-Aug-2003) Paperback (1600) 1 copy

Echoes | Nights of Rain and Stars 1 copy

This Year will be Differeent 1 copy

How About You 1 copy

Change of Circumstances 1 copy

Maeve Binchy: Silver Wedding / Firefly Summer / Light a Penny Candle (1991) 1 copy

Georgia Hall (in New Beginnings - KING) 1 copy

Echoes | Evening Class | Tara Road 1 copy

And All for Love ... (Advanced) 1 copy

Echoes | Silver Wedding 1 copy

Maeve Binchy: A Radio Collection: Four BBC Full-Cast Story Collections (BBC Audio) (2010) 1 copy

Etwas Aufregendes / Was ist Glück?, 1 Audio-CD (2005) 1 copy

Weiße Weihnacht: Die schönsten Geschichten zum Fest. Lesungen (2007) 1 copy

Collected Stories (1980) 1 copy

Leopard Prince, The 1 copy

A través de la ventana (2016) 1 copy

the return wedding 1 copy

Walk in the Woods, A * 1 copy

El Lago De Cristal (1998) 1 copy

Gens d'Irlande (1994) 1 copy

Night School 1 copy

Zeit der Kastanienblüte: Roman (German Edition) (2015) 1 copy

BOSQUES DE WHITETHORN,LOS FG PDL (2011) 1 copy

De Alma e Coração 1 copy

Homecoming and other stories 1 copy

Vluchtige ontmoetingen 1 copy

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Associated Works

The Thorn Birds (1977) — Introduction, some editions — 7,601 copies

Ladies' Night at Finbar's Hotel (1999) — Contributor — 219 copies

Never No More (1942) — Introduction, some editions — 97 copies

The Book Lovers' Appreciation Society: Breast Cancer Care Short Story Collection (2009) — Contributor — 94 copies

In Sunshine or in Shadow: Stories by Irish Women (1998) — Contributor — 52 copies

Thicker Than Water: Coming-of-Age Stories by Irish & Irish American Writers (2001) — Contributor — 50 copies

No More Than Human (1944) — Introduction, some editions — 48 copies

New Beginnings: New Writing from Bestselling Authors Sold in Aid of the Indian Ocean Tsunami Earthquake Charities (2005) — Contributor — 45 copies

Rapunzel's Revenge (1991) — Contributor — 39 copies

The Anchor Book of New Irish Writing (2000) — Contributor — 39 copies

The Penguin Book of Irish Comic Writing (1996) — Author, some editions — 26 copies

New Dubliners: Original Stories Celebrating 100 Years of Joyce's Dubliners (2005) — Contributor — 26 copies

The Art of the Glimpse: 100 Irish Short Stories (2020) — Contributor — 18 copies

Good Housekeeping Short Story Collection (1997) — Contributor — 15 copies

Love Stories (1997) — Contributor — 11 copies

Tara Road [2005 film] (2005) — Author — 10 copies

Changing the Times: Irish Women Journalists, 1969-1981 (2003) — Contributor — 10 copies

Of Love and Life: Whitethorn Woods / Painting Mona Lisa / A Crowded Marriage (2006) 6 copies

Of Love and Life: Scarlet Feather / Cruel Venus / Love is a Four Letter Word (2000) 6 copies

Irish Christmas Stories (1997) — Contributor — 5 copies

Reader's Digest Select Editions: Crossfire | Minding Frankie | Never Look Away | The Genesis Plague (2011) 5 copies

Reader's Digest Condensed Books: Riptide • The Copper Beech • The Himmler Equation • The Hills are Lonely (1993) 3 copies

Reader's Digest Select Editions: Never Look Away / Minding Frankie / The Genesis Plague / The Summer of the Bear (2011) 2 copies

Readers Digest Condensed Book: The Copper Bench / The Ice / Mrs. Washington and Horowitz, Too / All Around the Town (1998) 2 copies

Of Love and Life: Tara Road / The Wedding Girl / High on a Cliff (1999) 2 copies

Reader's Digest: De deal; Regen en sterren; Je bent nooit alleen; Jacht op de jager 1 copy

De Cock en de dwaze maagden; Windkracht 12; Het hart op de tong; 24 uur — Author — 1 copy

Summer Tides: A Collection of Short Stories 1 copy

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Common Knowledge

Canonical name: Binchy, Maeve
Legal name: Binchy Snell, Anne Maeve
Birthdate: 1940-05-28
Date of death: 2012-07-30
Gender: female
Nationality: Ireland
Birthplace: Dalkey, County Dublin, Ireland
Place of death: Dublin, Ireland
Cause of death: heart attack
Places of residence: Dalkey, Ireland
London, England, UK
Dublin, Ireland
Education: Holy Child Convent, Killiney, Ireland
University College Dublin (BA|1960)
Occupations: journalist
novelist
teacher
playwright
Relationships: Snell, Gordon (husband)
Binchy, Dan (Cousin)
Binchy, William (brother)
Binchy, D. A. (uncle)
Organizations: Irish Times
Awards and honors: British Book Award (Lifetime Achievement Award ∙ 1999)
Irish Book Award Lifetime Achievement Award (2010)
Jacob's Award (1978)
W H Smith Book Award for Fiction (2001)
Irish PEN Award (2007)
Irish Book Award (2012)
Short biography: Maeve Binchy was born on 28 May 1940 in Dalkey, County Dublin, Ireland, the eldest child of four. She studied at University College Dublin, then taught, and later became a journalist. She was married to Gordon Snell, also a writer.

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No Nightingales, No Snakes by Maeve Binchy

I might have liked these stories better if I had read them rather than listen to a dramatized version, but they seemed pretty feeble compared to most of her work.

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Abcdarian | May 18, 2024 |

A Week in Winter by Maeve Binchy

3.5 stars. This book was more typical of Binchy's short story style, where people's problems get solved & lives get straightened out. Though a novel, it's really several individual stories tied together, and it also makes reference to people & places from her previous novels. An easy and peaceful read.

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Abcdarian | 109 other reviews | May 18, 2024 |

Whitethorn Woods by Maeve Binchy

This story is around the small town of Rossmore (in Ireland) and the religious icon of St. Ann's Well in Whitethorn Woods. This is where the people of the town have prayed for generations as it is thought to have magical, spiritual powers. A highway is planned to be built nearby which would bypass the town, but create a greater volume of traffic passing the township. If the highway goes ahead, it will mean that it will go right through Whitethorn Woods, which in turn will mean that the magical well will need to go. This divides the community as some are opposed to the idea, as they believe in the powers of St Ann while others are for it the highway as they feel that there are no magical, spiritual powers forthcoming from praying at the foot of St Ann. The reader is introduced to the citizens of Rossmore (and their point of view regarding St Ann) by short vignettes about them which quickly describe their character and their stand on the issue of the well. The author, Maeve Binchy, introduces two very different people who are in the same situation, but who view it very differently. Binchy writes about a woman who in her desperation to have a child goes to extreme lengths and decides to kidnap a baby, and then shows the family from whom the infant was stolen ( I found this vignette sad all round). Some of the townspeople’s characters make you laugh, while others annoy you. Overall, a good read and I would read more books by Maeve Binchy.… (more)

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rata | 63 other reviews | Apr 6, 2024 |

Scarlet Feather by Maeve Binchy

As with all the other Maeve Binchy books I've read, I loved this one too! 12 chapters...one for each month of the year in which the book takes place. Great story between Tom and Cathy, two catering school buddies who decide to open up their own catering business. There are side stories about the other characters in the book and they all intertwine. Maeve Binchy is a wonderful storyteller and this book did not disappoint. There was a time when I didn't think I would finish it before I had to return it to the library...I did renew it once! LOL!… (more)

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