Full House
By (Author) Maeve Binchy
Orion Publishing Co
Orion (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
25th September 2012
2nd February 2012
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
Family life fiction
Literacy
823.914
Paperback
128
Width 132mm, Height 196mm, Spine 11mm
125g
Dee loves her children very much, but now they are all grown up, shouldn't they leave home
Rosie moved out when she got married, but it didn't work out, so now she is back with her parents. Helen is a teacher and doesn't earn enough for a place of her own. Anthony writes songs and is just waiting for the day when someone will pay him for them. Until then, all three are happy at home. It doesn't cost them anything and surely their parents like having a full houseWhen a crisis occurs, Dee decides things have to change for the whole family...whether they like it or not.She is one of the few writers who can pull at your heartstrings . . . The author's great skill is to draw you into the world she creates, so that reading her books is like gossiping with old friends * DAILY MAIL *
Maeve Binchy, as always, explores the truth of family relationships with honesty, humour and compassion in a style that is uniquely her own. Wonderful * PARENT TALK *
I love her stories! -- Tom Hanks
She is the Queen of Fiction and one of the funniest and best-loved storytellers in the world . . . once you read Maeve you are hooked for life * IRISH TIMES *
Maeve Binchy is a master storyteller * NEW YORK TIMES *
Maeve Binchy's work continues to inspire . . . thought-provoking, warm and funny in equal measure * WOMAN *
Maeve Binchy, as always, explores the truth of family relationships with honesty, humour and compassion in a style that is uniquely her own. Wonderful. * Parent Talk *
Maeve Binchy was born in County Dublin and was educated at the Holy Child Convent in Killiney and at University College Dublin. After a spell as a teacher in various girls' schools, she joined the Irish Times. Her first novel, Light a Penny Candle, was published in 1982 and since then she has written more than a dozen novels and short-story collections, each one of them bestsellers. Several have been adapted for cinema and television, most notably Circle of Friends and Tara Road. Maeve Binchy was awarded the 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 Gais Irish Book Awards by the President of Ireland, Mrs Mary McAleese. Maeve is married to the writer and broadcaster Gordon Snell. Visit her website at www.maevebinchy.com