Christmas: a time of year when emotions run high and long-held secrets can unexpectedly surface... Zobraziť viac
The lilac-coloured minibus belongs to Tom Fitzgerald. Each Friday night it is a meeting place for the same seven people who use it to travel home from Dublin to spend the weekend in Rathdoon. This book conjures up a cast of human characters with real... Zobraziť viac
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, ... Zobraziť viac
As someone who fell off a chair not long ago trying to hear what they were saying at the next table in a restaurant, I suppose I am obsessively interested in what some might consider the trivia of other people's lives... Zobraziť viac
It was the quiet ones you had to watch. That's where the real passion was lurking. They came together at Mountainview College, a down-at-the-heels secondary school on the seamy side of Dublin, to take a course in Italian... Zobraziť viac
A mixed group of people attend an Italian evening class in Dublin organised by school teachers Aidan Dunne and Nora O'Donaghue, known as Signora... Zobraziť viac
Clara Casey has more than enough on her plate. Her daughters Adi and Linda were no problem at all during the usually turbulent teens. Now in their twenties, Adi is always fighting for or against something... Zobraziť viac
Contemporary / British English: Thirty people join an Italian evening class. All have their own reasons. Connie needs to escape from an unhappy home life Lou has criminal intentions. Aidan and Signora have organised the classes... Zobraziť viac
The Irish do love telling stories, and we are suspicious of people who don't have long, complicated conversations. There used to be a rule in etiquette books that you should invite four talkers and four listeners to a dinner party.... Zobraziť viac
In die Rinde der großen Blutbuche in dem kleinen Ort Shancarrig ritzten einst acht Kinder ihre Namen ein. Die Jahre vergehen, und mit ihnen verwehen die jugendlichen Hoffnungen und zerbricht so mancher Kindheitstraum. Auf unnachahmliche Weise erzählt... Zobraziť viac
Filled with Maeve Binchy's trademark wit and true storytelling genius, THIS YEAR IT WILL BE DIFFERENT powerfully evokes the lives of wives, husbands, children, friends and lovers... Zobraziť viac
Maeve Binchy is one of Britain's most popular storytellers, and these four tales demonstrate the warmth and compassion that have made her many novels bestsellers. In 'Homecoming', read by Sean Campion, the Brennans run Quentin's restaurant in Dublin... Zobraziť viac
The Sheedy sisters had lived in Stone House for as long as anyone could remember. Set high on the cliffs on the west coast of Ireland, overlooking the windswept Atlantic ocean, it was falling into disrepair - until one woman, with a past she needed ... Zobraziť viac
'Binchy weaves her magic once again in an addictive story about families and people who aren't always quite what they seem' Woman & Home'It'll restore your faith in humanity' Essentials'Maeve Binchy is a master storyteller' New York TimesBaby... Zobraziť viac
