Book description
In a Greek taverna, high over the small village of Aghia Anna, four
people meet for the first time: Fiona, an Irish nurse, Thomas, a
Californian academic; Elsa, a German television presenter; and David a
shy English boy. Along with Andreas, the old man who runs the taverna,
they become close to each other after witnessing a tragedy when a
pleasure steamer catches fire in the harbour. NIGHTS OF RAIN AND STARS
is the story of one summer when Fiona, Thomas, Elsa and David all have
to face the particular life crisis which first made them leave their
homes and end up in Greece. With the help of Vonni, a middle-aged Irish
woman who lives in the village and is now a near-native, they each find
a solution - although not necessarily the one they anticipated...
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
