Book description
In this extraordinary collection of stories, the world-wide bestselling
author of Evening Class once again reveals her incomparable
understanding of matters of the heart. In The Return Journey, Maeve
Binchy creates powerful compelling stories of love, loss, revelation,
and reconciliation. A secretary's silent passion for her boss meets the
acid test on a business trip; a man and a woman's mutual disdain at
first sight shows how deceptive appearances can be; an insecure wife
clings to the illusion of order, only to discover chaos at the hands of
a house-sitter who opens the wrong doors; a pair of star-crossed
travelers pick up each other's bags, and then learn when you unlock a
stranger's suitcase, you enter a stranger's life. These and many more
poignant, ironic, often humorous stories - unforgettable slices of life
-make up The Return Journey, a spellbinding trip into the human heart.
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
