Book description
Heartwarming and heart pulling tales of every day life, full of wit,
charm and wisdom from the world's greatest storyteller. One of the
world's best-loved writers' WOMAN'S WEEKLY Contains 5 great novels: THE
COPPER BEECH, THE GLASS LAKE, EVENING CLASS, TARA ROAD, SCARLET FEATHER
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
