Maeve Binchy Books

Set in contemporary Dublin, the story follows Cathy Scarlet and Tom Feather as they launch a catering business. Tom, the son of a devout builder and his disappointed wife, diverges from the family construction firm. Cathy, whose father is a perpetual gambler and whose mother, Lizzie, works as a cleaner, faces challenges of her own. Lizzie cleans for Cathy's formidable mother-in-law, Hannah Mitchell, who is furious that her son, Neil, married Cathy's daughter. Tensions escalate when Cathy partners with Tom in their catering venture. Tom's obsessive love for his ambitious model girlfriend, Marcella, contrasts sharply with Cathy's increasingly strained marriage to Neil. Amidst comical catering successes and failures, the emotional dynamics begin to shift, igniting a connection between Cathy and Tom. The narrative is enriched by a vibrant supporting cast, including comically dreadful twins, a lonely man searching for his foster daughter, and a glamorous aunt with questionable financial backing for their business. Together, these characters navigate a landscape of love, heartbreak, and humor, showcasing the author's signature charm and storytelling prowess.

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.

"Thirty people join an Italian evening class. All have their own reasons. Connie needs to escape from an unhappy home life ; Lou has criminal intentions. Aidan and Signora have organized the classes. All their lives are changed forever." - back cover.

Fresh from cooking school, Tom Feather and Cathy Scarlet are hot new 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. Reprint.

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.

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

While filming a documentary about Quentins, a famed Dublin restaurant, Ella Brady explores the changing face of the city from the 1970s to the present day as she captures the stories of the people who have made Quentins a center of their lives. Reprint.