Book description
Each Friday, Tom Fitzgerald drives the same people home from Dublin
to spend the weekend in Rathdoon. Nancy, Dee, Kev and Celia - each has
their own secret story, unknown to their fellow passengers. And of
course Tom himself has his own reasons for returning home so regularly...
Once again, Maeve Binchy has conjured up a cast of very human
characters with real joys and real sadnesses, portrayed with her
trademark wit, compassion and warmth.
Maeve Binchy was born in Dublin, and went to school at the Holy Child
Convent in Killiney. She took a history degree at UCD and taught in
various girls' schools, writing travel articles in the long summer
holidays. In 1969 she joined the Irish Times and for many years she was
based in London writing humorous columns from all over the world. She is
the author of five collections of short stories as well as twelve novels
including
Circle of Friends
,
The Copper Beech
,
Tara Road
,
Evening Class
and
The Glass Lake
. Maeve Binchy is married to the writer Gordon Snell and they live in
Dalkey, Dublin.
