Chestnut Street
Everyone living on Chestnut Street has a story to tell... From the No.1 bestselling author
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Chestnut Street
Narrated by:
Kate Binchy
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Narrated by:
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Kate Binchy
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Maeve Binchy
Bucket Maguire, the window cleaner, who must do more than he bargained for to protect his son.
Nessa Byrne, who's aunt comes to visit from America for six weeks every summer and turns the house - and Nessa's world - upside down. Lilian, the generous girl with a big heart, and the fiancé not everyone approves of. And Melly, whose gossip about the neighbours leads to trouble in the form of a the fortune teller, 'Madame Magic' . . .
No one rivals Maeve Binchy for stories of warmth, kindness, love, loss - and life not always turning out as expected.
Read by Kate Binchy
(p) 2014 Orion Publishing Group©2014 Gordon Snell
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Critic Reviews
Maeve Binchy's work continues to inspire ... thought-provoking, warm and funny in equal measure.
A master storyteller (Marian Keyes)
Thanks to Binchy's characteristic compassion, we find ourselves sympathising with her underdogs, welcoming the punishments visited on her scoundrels, and wishing for justice for those long-suffering characters who keep trying to do the right thing without any hope of recompense ... an unexpected treat.
In Chestnut Street [there is] enough kindness, wisdom and insight into human nature, to remind readers why Maeve Binchy was one of the most beloved writers this country has ever produced.
Written over the past decades, these heartwarming stories of Dublin life, set around Chestnut Street, are collected together for the first time ... Binchy's last book is one to treasure.
Binchy wrote as naturally as she breathed, and this collection has all her trademark humanity and humour
An unsurpassed grasp of what makes a good story (Anne Enright)
The author gives us one last extraordinary look at ordinary people as they struggle with family relationships, romances gone awry, and the possibility for a better future ... all with Binchy's thoughtful and loving touch that will be sorely missed
Would you listen to Chestnut Street again? Why?
Much of my MP3 listening is done when I have insomnia. The almost short story format was thus excellent. Some characters were interwoven throughout different chapters but a clear memory of every personality was not essential to the overall enjoyment of each story.What did you like best about this story?
The dilemmas and challenges and minutiae of daily life were always satisfactorily resolved. This is in contrast to her earlier Victoria Line, Central line where the protagonists seemed to rarely wise up.Satisfactory solutions
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