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    <body><![CDATA[This is the story of two people who start a catering business called Scarlet Feather and all of the goings on of the people in their life and how that affects their business.  I just love this author because she just tells a story about people's lives and their thoughts and I find myself ingulged in...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/17970733">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Maeve Binchy is a storyteller par excellence.  She has real characters with real problems and real reactions.  Sitting down with one of her books is settling into my favorite armchair on a stormy afternoon with a cup of tea and a nice fire.  Scarlet Feather is no exception.<br/><br/>I loved this b...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/69697812">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Set over a period of one year, Scarlet Feather is a novel featuring Cathy Scarlet and Tom Feather, who open a catering company together. As they deal with the joys and heartbreak of owning a business their relationship with each other changes as does their relationship with the other's around them,n...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/61174754">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is about the catering business starting by Cathy Scarlet and Tom Feather, called (quite naturally), &quot;Scarlet Feather&quot;.<br/><br/>Read on a business trip, and enjoyed it for the most part. I didn't really like Cathy's relationship with her husband much -- I guess I didn't like th...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41396250">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[They met in cooking school and became fast friends with a common dream. Now Cathy Scarlet and Tom Feather hope to take Dublin by storm with their newly formed catering company, aptly dubbed &quot;Scarlet Feather.&quot; Not everyone, however, shares their optimism. Cathy's mother-in-law disapproves of both Cathy and her new &quot;hobby,&quot; while Cathy's husband, Neil, pays no mind to anything-except his work as a civil rights lawyer. And then there's Tom's family, who expect him to follow in his father's footsteps, and an ambitious girlfriend who's struggling with career dreams of her own. Between friends and families, ups and downs, heartaches and joys, Cathy and Tom are about to embark on the most maddening-and exhilarating-year of their lives...]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[i'll start out with something positive - this was just the kind of book that i needed right now.  unfortunately, the kind of book i needed was just something that was mindless and had no grand purpose, because i couldn't have possibly focused on anything with real meaning or subtext.  this book, alt...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/65572212">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Scarlet Feather is the catering company newly formed by cooking school friends Tom Feather and Cathy Scarlet. They're young and talented, they've made some smart connections, and they've found the perfect premises to make their new business the best in Dublin-but not everyone seems as pleased by the idea of Scarlet Feather as they are.<br/><br/>Cathy's mother-in-law, already disapproving of her son's choice of a wife, thinks that Scarlet Feather is just a hobby and that Cathy should stay at home. Cathy's husband, Neil, a high-living civil rights lawyer pays no mind to anything-except his work. Tom's parents are disappointed he has turned his back on the family building business, and Tom's relationship with his beautiful, ambitious girlfriend, Marcella, begins to unravel as she struggles with career dreams of her own.<br/><br/>With the help of their family and friends, Tom and Cathy start to take Dublin by storm. While some things go according to plan, and their hard work begins to pay off, events occur that no one could have expected: The arrival of a precocious, troublesome twin niece and nephew to Cathy's home. Cathy's sister Marian, long since emigrated to Chicago, returning to Dublin in search of an &quot;authentic&quot; Irish wedding, replete with corned beef, cabbage, and leprechauns. And a troubled relative whose debts grow so great he will use any means necessary to get the money he needs-even if Scarlet Feather fails in the process.<br/><br/> Maeve Binchy at her very best, Scarlet Feather is a novel capturing one year in time. From New Year's Eve to New Year's Eve, readers will meet Tom Feather and Cathy Scarlet, their extended families, their many friends, and learn of the heartaches and triumphs, disappointments and joys, loves, losses, and sometimes even miracles, that can happen in time.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[ This is actually a very good book. The characters are very real and believable, and some of them are quite likable. The story is pretty compelling. I really didn't want to put the book down for the last quarter or so - really wanted to see what happened to these people, but...<br/><br/>it's not a v...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/63911212">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I was a little nervous at the beginning of this book when more and more characters were added to the story. I was wondering if I should pull out an index card to keep track of them all.  Well, Binchy does such a great job telling her story and developing her characters, no need for the index card.  ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/30776819">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[   I didnâ€™t like this one as well as some of Binchyâ€™s other novels.  I enjoyed the parts about the catering business, but when it came to their personal lives, they both made things harder than they had to be.  Neither Tom nor Cathy communicated very well with their significant others and didnâ€...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/21253688">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I read tons and tons of Maeve Binchy's books when I was in my late 20's and pregnant with my oldest daughter.  I would have all day nausea and her novels with their well-drawn characters and easy-to-digest plots would help me forget my poor tummy.  I thought she had retired and was really happy to f...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/21957546">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[this was the first audiobook i ever listened to on my work commute.  i loved it so much that i haven't been without an audiobook of some kind pretty much ever since.  so now, more than 5 years later, i thought it was worth a re-listen.  i still loved it.  maybe even more.  maeve binchy creates such ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/36043732">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This was only my second Maeve Binchy book and I am really enjoying reading her.  This particular book is 538 pages long and made my trip from DC to Alaska feel nice and short.  I love her characters and the different ways they interact.  I particularly liked the 9-year olds twins in this book.  The ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/52288798">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Set in contemporary Ireland, filled with warmth, wit, and drama,  <em>Scarlet Feather</em> is &quot;classic Binchy&quot; (<em>Boston Globe</em>)-the story of Cathy Scarlet and Tom Feather, their spouses, families, and friends, and the struggling new catering business that transforms their lives in ways big and small.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[I really like reading Maeve Binchey's books (even though Clayton always makes fun of her name!); they remind me of books from the author Rosamund Pilcher. This one was probably one of my favorites that I've read of her books. Some of her other books I've read are a bit more depressing or unhappy, bu...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40781989">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[4.5 Stars.  Maeve Binchy consistently writes engaging books with very real, interesting characters, whose stories at some point intertwine. Each story on it's on own would be sufficient, but in combination with the others, makes for a good read.  She's very good at the switch back and forth so it's ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74308016">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This book has made me a big Maeve Binchy fan.  After seeing the movie Circle of Friends years ago I read the book but only picked up another of hers recently.<br/>Good characters, believable, people such as you might and probably do know, living their lives.<br/>Satisfying, like a great soup that le...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/81322730">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I have read (or listened to) most of Maeve Binchy's books and love how she makes people so down to earth and real.  All of her books are set in Ireland, so you can get a glimpse of Irish life and the differences in the figures of speech that they use compared to America.  I like listening to them, b...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76298238">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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