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" Binchy has an accessible, comfortable writing style and fine
storytelling ability . . . [Her] stories of an Ireland in
transition have pleased readers for years."
- Joan Hinkemeyer, "Rocky Mountain News"
" Maeve Binchy is a benevolent god of a novelist . . . "Whitethorn
Woods "draws on her strengths: She can channel Irish voices with
the best of them, and each of those voices has its own twisting
story to tell . . . often with verve and humor."
- Margaret Quamme, "Columbus Dispatch"
" "Whitethorn Woods "is a tour-de-force for Binchy, who seamlessly
inhabits all these narrators and gets their individual voices
pitch-perfect . . . By the time you arrive at the last page, you'
ll feel you know virtually everyone in [this] little corner of
Ireland . . . Binchy is in top form."
- Melinda Bargreen, "Seattle Times"
" What could be sweeter than a trip to [an] Irish village packed
with robust native characters? That' s exactly what Maeve Binchy
offers in her latest novel . . . Love, longing, and rich scenes of
daily life intertwine in this neatly constructed story."
- Marjorie Kehe, "Christian Science Monitor"
" Stellar Irish novelist Maeve Binchy can display unexpected depths
for a crowd-pleasing author . . . One soon becomes engaged in the
lives of more than two dozen characters . . . Touches of humor
enliven the account, but Binchy' s chief stock-in-trade here is
making relatively average lives colorful and worth our
interest."
- Maude McDaniel, "Bookpage"
" In classic Binchy style, many diverse characters tell their own,
sometimesoverlapping, stories . . . After [finishing], readers will
want to call their mothers . . . An enjoyable peek into other
people' s thoughts."
- "Library Journal"
" Binchy focuses her prodigious talent on a robust assemblage of
characters embroiled in romantic and domestic crises. Inventively
and intricately weaving a series of linked vignettes, [she]
astounds with the versatility of the supplicants' voices . . .
Binchy is at her best in this tender yet potent tale of a
traditional land and people threatened and challenged by the forces
of change."
- Carol Haggas, "Booklist"
" Binchy deliver[s] a panoply of richly drawn first-person
characters . . . Stories of greed, infidelity, mental illness,
incest, the joys of being single, the struggles of modern career
women, alcoholism, and the heartbreak of parenting span
generations, simply and poignantly. Binchy takes it all in and
orchestrates the whole masterfully."
- "Publishers Weekly"
" Binchy inserts questions of faith into her usual romantic braid
of multiple storylines . . . These are often fully realized stories
that stand on their own . . . Binchy' s lilting Irish zest is
undeniably addictive."
- "Kirkus Reviews"
UK reviews:
" What readers are buying into with a Binchy book is a unique
environment: a world of warmth and compassion in which a kind heart
is prized above a pretty face, family life is celebrated and
qualities such as decency and initiative are rewarded. This is the
milieu of her latest novel . . . Binchy has always had a knack for
character . . . It takes a particularly skilful writer to engage
thereader' s sympathy [as she does] . . . These characters speak
with their own voices directly off the page."
- Martina Devlin, "The Irish Times"
" Vintage Binchy. A touching, funny, optimistic book full of
wonderful, well-observed characters."
- Wendy Holden, "Daily Mail"
" Binchy [is a] national treasure . . . In "Whitethorn Woods" her
particular gift for creating a world and then drawing you in is
employed with her usual skill [and] just the right combination of
warmth, gossip and insight into human nature . . . Always
maintaining a sense of humour, she effortlessly makes the reader
feel that they are returning to an old friend."
- Mairead Byrne, "Irish Independent"
" For everyone who weaves in and out of these tightly made stories,
a timeless search for love, money or perfect happiness continues to
inject drama into the most humdrum lives . . . The charm is in the
telling, often with the author' s tongue held firmly in cheek."
- Aisling Foster, "The Times "(London)
" What never goes out of fashion- and Binchy has it in spades- is
the ability to apply a clever twist to your tale, and to apply it
with such skill and timing that the reader doesn' t see it coming .
. . A couple of afternoons in the gentle environs of "Whitethorn
Woods" will not disappoint.
- Sile McArdle, "Sunday Independent "(Ireland)
" Binchy has a special talent for bringing her characters to life
and, in the end, drawing them all together in a very satisfactory
way. An engaging read."
- Sheila Forbes, "Daily News"
" Warm and cosy as aturf fire . . . "Whitethorn Woods "is another
feast for all those who love Maeve Binchy' s books."
- Lucille Redmond, "Evening Herald "(Dublin)
" This is Binchy at her mischievous best: tongue-in-cheek, oozing
warmth and humour and evoking a culture and people she knows and
loves. Comfort food indeed."
- Sally Morris, "First "magazine
From Canada:
" "Whitethorn Woods" is Binchy' s best read in a decade . . . In
Binchy' s hands the old progress-versus-tradition story takes on
new life . . . Binchy weaves an absorbing web of stories . . .
[She] taps into that mysterious process by which our sense of
belonging, individual and collective, accumulates around particular
places and the stories attached to them . . . Story by story, voice
by voice, Binchy builds the fictional community of Rossmore so
that, by the end of the novel, we know Rossmore' s inhabitants
better than our own neighbours . . . It' s novelists like Binchy
who keep today' s publishing industry going . . . Few contemporary
novelists match Binchy' s gift for giving us the world through her
characters' eyes . . . Write on, Maeve. May you continue to delight
new generations of readers."
- Elizabeth Grove-White, Toronto" Globe and Mail" "From the
Hardcover edition."
" Binchy has an accessible, comfortable writing style and fine
storytelling ability . . . [Her] stories of an Ireland in
transition have pleased readers for years."
- Joan Hinkemeyer, "Rocky Mountain News"
" Maeve Binchy is a benevolent god of a novelist . . . "Whitethorn
Woods "draws on her strengths: She can channel Irish voices with
the best of them, and each of those voices has its own twisting
story to tell . . . often with verve and humor."
- Margaret Quamme, "Columbus Dispatch"
" "Whitethorn Woods "is a tour-de-force for Binchy, who seamlessly
inhabits all these narrators and gets their individual voices
pitch-perfect . . . By the time you arrive at the last page, you'
ll feel you know virtually everyone in [this] little corner of
Ireland . . . Binchy is in top form."
- Melinda Bargreen, "Seattle Times"
" What could be sweeter than a trip to [an] Irish village packed
with robust native characters? That' s exactly what Maeve Binchy
offers in her latest novel . . . Love, longing, and rich scenes of
daily life intertwine in this neatly constructed story."
- Marjorie Kehe, "Christian Science Monitor"
" Stellar Irish novelist Maeve Binchy can display unexpected depths
for a crowd-pleasing author . . . One soon becomes engaged in the
lives of more than two dozen characters . . . Touches of humor
enliven the account, but Binchy' s chief stock-in-trade here is
making relatively average lives colorful and worth our
interest."
- Maude McDaniel, "Bookpage"
" In classic Binchy style, many diverse characters tell their own,
sometimesoverlapping, stories . . . After [finishing], readers will
want to call their mothers . . . An enjoyable peek into other
people' s thoughts."
- "Library Journal"
" Binchy focuses her prodigious talent on a robust assemblage of
characters embroiled in romantic and domestic crises. Inventively
and intricately weaving a series of linked vignettes, [she]
astounds with the versatility of the supplicants' voices . . .
Binchy is at her best in this tender yet potent tale of a
traditional land and people threatened and challenged by the forces
of change."
- Carol Haggas, "Booklist"
" Binchy deliver[s] a panoply of richly drawn first-person
characters . . . Stories of greed, infidelity, mental illness,
incest, the joys of being single, the struggles of modern career
women, alcoholism, and the heartbreak of parenting span
generations, simply and poignantly. Binchy takes it all in and
orchestrates the whole masterfully."
- "Publishers Weekly"
" Binchy inserts questions of faith into her usual romantic braid
of multiple storylines . . . These are often fully realized stories
that stand on their own . . . Binchy' s lilting Irish zest is
undeniably addictive."
- "Kirkus Reviews"
UK reviews:
" What readers are buying into with a Binchy book is a unique
environment: a world of warmth and compassion in which a kind heart
is prized above a pretty face, family life is celebrated and
qualities such as decency and initiative are rewarded. This is the
milieu of her latest novel . . . Binchy has always had a knack for
character . . . It takes a particularly skilful writer to engage
thereader' s sympathy [as she does] . . . These characters speak
with their own voices directly off the page."
- Martina Devlin, "The Irish Times"
" Vintage Binchy. A touching, funny, optimistic book full of
wonderful, well-observed characters."
- Wendy Holden, "Daily Mail"
" Binchy [is a] national treasure . . . In "Whitethorn Woods" her
particular gift for creating a world and then drawing you in is
employed with her usual skill [and] just the right combination of
warmth, gossip and insight into human nature . . . Always
maintaining a sense of humour, she effortlessly makes the reader
feel that they are returning to an old friend."
- Mairead Byrne, "Irish Independent"
" For everyone who weaves in and out of these tightly made stories,
a timeless search for love, money or perfect happiness continues to
inject drama into the most humdrum lives . . . The charm is in the
telling, often with the author' s tongue held firmly in cheek."
- Aisling Foster, "The Times "(London)
" What never goes out of fashion- and Binchy has it in spades- is
the ability to apply a clever twist to your tale, and to apply it
with such skill and timing that the reader doesn' t see it coming .
. . A couple of afternoons in the gentle environs of "Whitethorn
Woods" will not disappoint.
- Sile McArdle, "Sunday Independent "(Ireland)
" Binchy has a special talent for bringing her characters to life
and, in the end, drawing them all together in a very satisfactory
way. An engaging read."
- Sheila Forbes, "Daily News"
" Warm and cosy as aturf fire . . . "Whitethorn Woods "is another
feast for all those who love Maeve Binchy' s books."
- Lucille Redmond, "Evening Herald "(Dublin)
" This is Binchy at her mischievous best: tongue-in-cheek, oozing
warmth and humour and evoking a culture and people she knows and
loves. Comfort food indeed."
- Sally Morris, "First "magazine
From Canada:
" "Whitethorn Woods" is Binchy' s best read in a decade . . . In
Binchy' s hands the old progress-versus-tradition story takes on
new life . . . Binchy weaves an absorbing web of stories . . .
[She] taps into that mysterious process by which our sense of
belonging, individual and collective, accumulates around particular
places and the stories attached to them . . . Story by story, voice
by voice, Binchy builds the fictional community of Rossmore so
that, by the end of the novel, we know Rossmore' s inhabitants
better than our own neighbours . . . It' s novelists like Binchy
who keep today' s publishing industry going . . . Few contemporary
novelists match Binchy' s gift for giving us the world through her
characters' eyes . . . Write on, Maeve. May you continue to delight
new generations of readers."
- Elizabeth Grove-White, Toronto" Globe and Mail"
"From the Hardcover edition."
Spiritual haven? Or source of superstitious nonsense? Strong opinions bubble up when St. Ann's Well, long a place of prayer, is set to be bulldozed to make way for a highway. Reading group guide. Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.
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