Book description
Every table at Quentins Restaurant has a thousand stories to tell:
tales of love, betrayal and revenge. Ella Brady wants to make a
documentary about the renowned Dublin restaurant that has captured the
spirit of a generation and a city in the years it has been open. In
Maeve Binchy's magical QUENTINS you will meet new friends and old: the
twins from SCARLET FEATHER, the Signora from EVENING CLASS, Ria from
TARA ROAD - and a host of fresh faces. There is Monica, the
ever-cheerful Australian waitress, and Blouse Brennan, whose simplicity
disguises a sharp mind and a heart of gold. Presiding over Quentins are
Patrick and Brenda Brennan, who have made Quentins such a legend. But
even they have a story and a sadness which is hidden from the public
gaze. As Ella uncovers more of what has gone on, she wonders about the
wisdom of bringing it to the screen. Should the restaurant keep its
secrets? 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
