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Four strangers with life crises unite in a Greek taverna and witness a tragedy. This author is so warm and infectious, so perceptive and absorbing, it’s like dropping in on an old friend for gossip and advice. This title is also available as an Audiobook, in CD format.
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Nights of Rain and Stars Synopsis
'They were still talking as the first stars came into the sky...'
Four strangers meet at a taverna on a beautiful Greek island, with nothing in common except a need to escape. But over one magical summer they'll discover that sometimes, the people who understand you the best can be the ones who don't know you at all...
Fiona left her nursing career in Ireland to be with the man everyone thinks is wrong for her. Elsa fled Germany and her high-powered television job once she learned what the man she loved was hiding from her. Thomas mourns his failed marriage and misses his young son in California, while David yearns to reconcile with his family in England without having to go into the family business.
Chance has brought them together, and together they will find new ways of looking at the lives they left behind.
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Find out why millions of readers adore Maeve Binchy...
'A story to lift your heart and bring you peace.' (Five stars)
'Maeve Binchy in the sunshine of Greece - what more could one want?' (Five stars)
'Happy and life-affirming' (Five stars)
'The Greek island itself was so real, it made you want to pack a suitcase an rush off to live there.' (Five stars)
'Set on a beautiful Greek island, and as you get caught up in the story you feel as if you have been there yourself.' (Five stars)
'Romance, disappointments, opportunities taken, beautiful Greece all tied up in a holiday package.' (Five stars)
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About This Edition
| ISBN: |
9781398709607 |
| Publication date: |
21st July 2022 |
| Author: |
Maeve Binchy |
| Publisher: |
Orion Books an imprint of Orion |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| Pagination: |
416 pages |
| Primary Genre |
Romance / Relationship Stories
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About Maeve Binchy
Maeve Binchy (1940 - 2012) was born in County Dublin and educated at the Holy Child convent in Killiney and at University College, Dublin. After a spell as a teacher she joined the Irish Times. Her first novel, Light a Penny Candle, was published in 1982 and she went on to write over twenty books, all of them bestsellers. Several have been adapted for cinema and television, most notably Circle of Friends and Tara Road. Maeve Binchy received a Lifetime Achievement Award at the British Book Awards in 1999 and the Irish PEN/A.T. Cross award in 2007. In 2010 she was presented with the Bob Hughes Lifetime Achievement Award at the Irish Book Awards by the President of Ireland.
Binchy, who was 72, has sold more than 40 million books to date, translated into 37 languages. She lived in Dalkey all her life and was married in 1977 to the children's writer Gordon Snell. Her last book carries the dedication: "To Gordon -- who makes life great every single day."
Maeve’s final book A Week in Winter published after her death in 2012 was the winner of the Popular Fiction Prize at the Irish Book Awards.
Fellow novelist SOPHIE KING on MAEVE BINCHY
I was only a teenager when I discovered Maeve and I've always loved her books but the one that sticks out in my mind is Evening Class. It's told from the point of view of different characters - which is what I do in my own books. It's a wonderful way of getting into the characters' heads and also to move the plot along.
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