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Anne Maeve Binchy Snell (28 May 1939 [1] – 30 July 2012) was an Irish novelist, playwright, short story writer, columnist, and speaker. Her novels were characterised by a sympathetic and often humorous portrayal of small-town life in Ireland, and surprise endings .
Circle of Friends is a 1990 novel by the Irish author Maeve Binchy. Set in Dublin, as well as in the fictitious town of Knockglen in rural Ireland during the 1950s, the story centres on a group of university students. The novel was adapted into a 1995 feature film directed by Pat O'Connor.
Maeve Binchy (1940–2012) Dermot Bolger (born 1959) Elizabeth Bowen (1899–1973) John Boyne (born 1971) Maeve Brennan (1916–1993) Ken Bruen (born 1951) Shan Bullock (1865–1935) Angela Bourke (born 1952) Anne Burke (fl. 1780–1805) Catherine Dorothea Burdett (1784–1861) William Carleton (1794–1869) Claudia Carroll (born c. 1969) Anne ...
Light a Penny Candle is a 1982 novel by the Irish author Maeve Binchy. Her debut novel, it follows the friendship between an English girl and an Irish girl over the course of three decades, beginning with the English girl's stay in Ireland during the Blitz. It is one of Binchy's best-known novels.
Quentins is a 2002 novel by the Irish author Maeve Binchy.The title refers to Quentins Restaurant, a fictional upscale dining establishment in central Dublin, Ireland.The restaurant was referenced numerous times in previous Binchy titles; this novel explores its 30-year history as well as the lives of its patrons.
The Glass Lake is a 1994 novel by the Irish author Maeve Binchy. The action takes place in a rural Irish village as well as in London in the 1950s. It is notable as the last of Binchy's novels to be set in the 1950s. Binchy explores the roles of women in Irish society and inconstant lovers, and uses an operatic plot to hold the reader's attention.
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The plot centers around a supposedly miraculous well dedicated to Saint Anne, mother of the Virgin Mary, located in a grotto overgrown with whitethorn bushes [1] in the woods next to an Irish town called Rossmore. While the parish priest is frustrated by people's allegiance to the well rather than the church, the novel traces the stories of ...