Chestnut Street

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Call Number: Adult Book / Fiction / General / Binchy, Maeve
On Shelf At: Traverwood Branch, Westgate Branch

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"While she was writing columns for The Irish Times and her best-selling novels, Maeve Binchy also had in mind to write a book that revolved around one street with many characters coming and going. Every once in a while, she would write about one these people. She would then put it in a drawer. "For the future," she would say. The future is now. Just around the corner from St. Jarlath's Crescent (which readers will recognize from Minding Frankie) is Chestnut Street, where neighbors come and go. Behind their closed doors we encounter very different people with different life circumstances, occupations, and sensibilities. Written with the humor and understanding that are earmarks of Maeve Binchy's work, it is a pleasure to be part of this world with all of its joys and sorrows, to get to know the good and the bad, and ultimately to have our hearts warmed by her storytelling"-- Provided by publisher.

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Excellent storyteller submitted by Susan4Pax -prev. sueij- on June 27, 2014, 2:08pm Binchy is (was) always an excellent storyteller. She paints pictures with words in ways that bring people and places to life. She has ( had) a wonderful gift for it.

I'm just not personally a fan of short stories. I read books to dive in and get lost in something long and involved. Still, what she does here is done wonderfully well. Although is it really the case that 95% of the men in Ireland are either gamblers or cheating on their partners? Really?

characters submitted by unknown on July 18, 2014, 8:08am Maeve has a way of bringing characters to life. I don't usually read short stories but this wonderful collection of stories might change my routine. Each little tale was like reading about someone you would want to meet.