Books like Maeves Times Selected Irish Times Writings by Maeve Binchy

In Maeve Binchy’s warm tale of friendship, two young women from a small Irish village follow their hopes to Dublin, where hidden secrets and love stories collide and test the bonds of their Circle of Friends.

Elizabeth White, evacuated from wartime London, finds solace and friendship in small Kilgarret, Ireland, where she bonds with Aisling, a spirited young woman who teaches her about faith and life. Their decades‑long friendship faces its greatest test yet.

In a Dublin heart clinic, Maeve Binchy explores the intertwined lives of doctors, nurses, and patients, capturing the compassion, conflicts, and quiet moments that define the human experience of heart disease.

Ella Brady documents the famed Dublin restaurant Quentins, tracing the city’s evolving social scene from the 1970s to today through the voices of those whose lives the restaurant shaped.

When a mysterious boat is found submerged in Lough Glass, mother and daughter Kit and Helen confront hidden truths and a destiny that has hovered over the lake since St. Agnes' Eve.

A compelling collection of essays where Zadie Smith blends personal reflection, literary criticism, and cultural commentary, exploring topics from film and American politics to identity and creative process.

"Maeve Binchy's novels sold more than 40 million copies worldwide, and when she died on July 30th 2012, she did so as Ireland's best-loved writer. With bestselling books such as Light a Penny Candle, Circle of Friends, Tara Road, Evening Class, and A Week in Winter, which was published four months after her death, no one else told stories like Maeve Binchy. Humane, down-to-earth, and funny, her novels captured imaginations on both sides of the Atlantic in a way that most authors only dream of. More than simply 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 a person"--

"Maeve Binchy, "the grand story teller, "* returns with a cast of characters you will never forget when they all spend a winter week together on holiday at Stone House, a restful inn by the sea ... Stoneyville is a small town on the coast of Ireland where all the families know each other. When Chicky decides to take an old decaying mansion, Stone House, and turn it into a restful place for a holiday by the sea, the town thinks she is crazy. She is helped by Rigger (a bad boy turned good who is handy around the place) and her niece Orla (a whiz at business). Finally the first week of paying guests arrive: John, the American movie star thinks he has arrived incognito; Winnie and Lillian, forced into taking a holiday together; Nuala and Henry, husband and wife, both doctors who have been shaken by seeing too much death; Anders, the Swedish boy, hates his father's business, but has a real talent for music; Miss Nell Howe, a retired school teacher, who criticizes everything and leaves a day early, much to everyone's relief; the Walls who have entered in 200 contests (and won everything from a microwave oven to velvet curtains, including the week at Stone House); and Freda, the psychic who is afraid of her own visions. You will laugh and cry as you spend the week with this odd group who share their secrets and might even have some of their dreams come true."--

A practical guide by Maeve Binchy that shares her experience and advice for aspiring writers, covering story development, habits, publishing, and resources for fiction, plays, humor, and mysteries.