'FIREFLY SUMMER is warm, humorous, sad and happy. Reading it is a joy' - Irish Independent
Maeve Binchy was born in Dublin, and went to school at the Holy Child Convent in Killiney. She took a history degree at UCD and taught in various girls' schools, writing travel articles in the long summer holidays. In 1969 she joined the Irish Times and for many years she was based in London writing humorous columns from all over the world. She is the author of five collections of short stories as well as twelve novels including Circle of Friends, The Copper Beech, Tara Road, Evening Class and The Glass Lake. Maeve Binchy died on 30 July 2012. She is survived by her husband, the writer Gordon Snell.
Wonderfully warm and involving
*Katie Fforde*
Maeve Binchy has a gimlet eye for the seething cauldron of emotions
which lies beneath the surface of everyday life
*Irish Independent*
An adept storyteller with a sharp eye for social nuances and a
pleasing affection for her characters
*Sunday Times*
The secrets hidden behind lace curtains, a young girl's first kiss,
children's summer games, unexpected pregnancies, sudden deaths. She
makes us feel as if we also know the place and the people... One of
those good old-fashioned stories that are as comfortable and
comforting as home itself
*The Philadelphia Inquirer*
Wonderfully warm and involving -- Katie Fforde
Maeve Binchy has a gimlet eye for the seething cauldron of emotions
which lies beneath the surface of everyday life * Irish Independent
*
An adept storyteller with a sharp eye for social nuances and a
pleasing affection for her characters * Sunday Times *
The secrets hidden behind lace curtains, a young girl's first kiss,
children's summer games, unexpected pregnancies, sudden deaths. She
makes us feel as if we also know the place and the people... One of
those good old-fashioned stories that are as comfortable and
comforting as home itself * The Philadelphia Inquirer *
When American millionaire Patrick O'Neill returns to his ancestral home in Ireland, his intent is to bring prosperity to Montfern in the form of a luxury hotel built from the ruins of an old estate. Instead, the villagers see their lifestyles irrevocably changed and the town's inner harmonies disrupted in the four years it takes to build O'Neill's hotel. Binchy ( Light a Penny Candle , LJ 2/15/83) offers vital, complex characters, from John and Kate Ryan, whose pub will be threatened by the new hotel, to Miss Barry, the canon's alcoholic housekeeper. These people live in all their quirky individualism and will remain with the reader long after the book is completed. Accolades. Andrea Caron Kempf, Johnson Cty. Community Coll. Lib., Overland Park, Kan.
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