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Maeve Binchy
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born
in Dalkey, County Dublin, Ireland
May 28, 1940
died
July 30, 2012
gender
female
website
genre
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Tara Road
— published 1999 — 54 editions |
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Circle of Friends
— published 1990 — 54 editions |
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Evening Class
— published 1996 — 53 editions |
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Scarlet Feather
— published 2000 — 46 editions |
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Quentins
— published 2002 — 46 editions |
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The Glass Lake
— published 1994 — 43 editions |
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The Copper Beech
— published 1992 — 41 editions |
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Light A Penny Candle
— published 1982 — 47 editions |
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Minding Frankie
— published 2010 — 38 editions |
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Nights Of Rain And Stars
— published 2004 — 60 editions |
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Interviews
February 2009,
Maeve Binchy
"The Irish 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. That doesn't work in Ireland, because nobody knows four listeners." ...More
"The Irish 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. That doesn't work in Ireland, because nobody knows four listeners." ...More
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“I'll understand if you don't want me. But I will be heartbroken. You are all I ever dreamed of and hoped for. You are much, much more. Please know that I didn't think I was mean-minded. But I realize I am. I don't want you to put your arms around me and say it's all right, that you forgive me. I want you to be sure that you do, and my love for you will last as long as I live. I can see no lightness, no humour, no joke to make. I just hope that we will be able to go back to when we had laughter, and the world was coloured, not black and white and grey. I am so sorry for hurting you. I could inflict all kinds of pain on myself, but it would not take back any I gave to you. - David Power”
― Maeve Binchy, Echoes
― Maeve Binchy, Echoes
“We're nothing if we're not loved. When you meet somebody who is more important to you than yourself, that has to be the most important thing in life, really. And I think we are all striving for it in different ways. I also believe very, very strongly that everybody is the hero/heroine of his/her own life. I try to make my characters kind of ordinary, somebody that anybody could be. Because we've all had loves, perhaps love and loss, people can relate to my characters”
― Maeve Binchy
― Maeve Binchy
“I don't have ugly ducklings turning into swans in my stories. I have ugly ducklings turning into confident ducks.”
― Maeve Binchy
― Maeve Binchy
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