Chestnut Street Maeve Binchy, Knopf Doubleday pp. ISBN Summary Maeve Binchy imagined a street in Dublin with many characters coming and going, and every once in a while she would write about one of these people. She would then put it in a drawer; "for the future," she would say. The future is now. Chestnut Street is a short story collection by the Irish author Maeve www.doorway.ru was published posthumously by her husband, Gordon www.doorway.ru contains 36 short stories, the majority never before published, which Binchy had written over a period of decades. · Chestnut Street. Maeve Binchy. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, - Fiction - pages. 14 Reviews. A New York Times Bestseller. From the author of A Week in Winter and Minding Frankie: a poignant and heartwarming collection of stories centered on the comings and goings of one delightful street in Dublin/5(14).
Binchy eloquently exposes and explores relationships between parents and children, husbands and wives, longtime and recently acquired friends."—The Boston Globe. Imagined with the humor and understanding that are hallmarks of Maeve Binchy's storytelling, the world of Chestnut Street captivates us with its joys and sorrows. Chestnut Street is written with the humor and understanding that are earmarks of Maeve Binchy's extraordinary work and, once again, she warms our hearts with her storytelling. © Random House Audio; Maeve Binchy. Maeve Binchy: Chestnut Street paved with gems. In this posthumous collection of short stories, Maeve Binchy's mastery of exploring a complex situation with wit is much in evidence. Beloved.
For Maeve Binchy fans, Chestnut Street is a gift bequeathed to the reader.” —Mary Cadden, USA Today “Has everything that makes Binchy special, in small delicious bites; her ability to capture human nature, describe individual life arcs, and breathe life into characters and settings really shines in these stories. Description. Maeve Binchy imagined a street in Dublin with many characters coming and going, and every once in a while she would write about one of these people. She would then put it in a drawer; “for the future,” she would say. The future is now. Across town from St. Jarlath's Crescent, featured in Minding Frankie, is Chestnut Street. Chestnut Street itself, a semicircle of 30 small houses in Dublin, plays a minor but constant role, as safe harbor to the nurse, the window cleaner, the couples, families and loners and, in “Madame Magic”—a typically tidy offering—a substitute fortuneteller who turns Melly’s empty house into a busy home.
0コメント