EVENING CLASS sold 400,000 in hardcover and over 1 million in paperback; the hardback reached No 1 on the Sunday Times Bestseller list and stayed in the top ten for 17 weeks TARA ROAD almost sold 1 million copies in hardcover and the paperback is now flying off the shelves too Massive media coverage guaranteed Fantastic display package planned- including pre-release posters, postcards, post-it notes Will be entered into every major promotion
Maeve Binchy was born in Dublin and came to fame first as London Correspondent for the Irish Times. Her first novel, LIGHT A PENNY CANDLE made her famous in the UK and USA. She lives in Dublin with her husband, Gordon Snell.
An engaging year-long chronicle of the lives of two business partners and their families, Scarlet Feather refers also to the new catering venture of Cathy Scarlet and Tom Feather. Set in Dublin, the book is filled with distinctly memorable characters whose dreams and struggles form small but essential daily dramas. The month-by-month structure of the novel is well paced and allows for full development of the personalities and their shifting relationships. Barbara Caruso captures the varied identities well, especially the precociously innocent nine-year-old twins Maude and Simon. Rich with irony and gentle humor, this work is recommended as an entertaining example of a longer audiobook. Joyce Kessel, Villa Maria Coll., Buffalo, NY Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.
Bestselling author Binchy (Tara Road, etc.) again explores the depths of family relationships in an 11th warm, involving drama. Set in contemporary Ireland over a period of one year, the smartly paced tale focuses on Cathy Scarlet and Tom Feather, cooking school chums who achieve their dream of opening a posh catering business, Scarlet Feather, in Dublin. Professionally, they're off to a good start; personally, their lives are falling apart. Cathy, whose out-of-work father plays the races while her mother toils as a housemaid, faces the consequences of having married Neil Mitchell, prized son of an upper-class family who employed Cathy's mother for years. Neil, a lawyer who champions worthy causes, is unconcerned about the tension between his wife and his snooty mother, and Cathy and Neil find themselves leading busy, separate lives. Tom has a live-in girlfriend whom he would love to marry, but Marcella, a manicurist in a classy store, yearns to succeed as a model before making any commitments. A charming cast of secondary characters includes Neil's cousins, Simon and Maud, two abandoned, nine-year-old twins who, in a surprising turn of events, come to live with Cathy's parents. The children's deadpan, exceedingly serious outlook on life is both heartbreaking and hilarious. One of Binchy's strengths is her subtle depiction of gradual changes in Irish society. By making her principal characters entrepreneurs, she reflects the ways Ireland's growing economic prosperity has altered social mores. Whether her readers are aware of such details, they help this wonderfully engaging book ring true. (Mar. 5). Forecast: Binchy's gift for creating a wide range of characters whose foibles and challenges make them lovable and real, coupled with her theme that genuine love can transform lives, add up to another crowd-pleaser. With major ad/promo, plus an author tour, this one is a lock for the charts. Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.
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