Book description
A brand new Maeve Binchy novella. Dee loves her children very much, but
now they are all grown up, shouldn't they leave home? Rosie moved out
when she got married, but it didn't work out, so now she is back with
her parents. Helen is a teacher, and doesn't earn enough for a place of
her own. Anthony writes songs, and is just waiting for the day when
someone will pay him for them. Until then, all three are happy at home.
It doesn't cost them anything, and surely their parents like having a
full house? When a crisis occurs, Dee decides things have to change for
the whole family ... whether they like it or not. Maeve Binchy 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 Bord Gáis Irish Book Awards
by the President of Ireland. She was married to the writer and
broadcaster Gordon Snell for 35 years, and died in 2012. Visit her
website at
www. maevebinchy. com
