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New York Times best-selling author Maeve Binchy has a way of making everyday experiences extraordinary. Scarlet Feather introduces budding entrepreneurs Cathy and Tom who, along with their extended families, meet the trials and rewards of life head on. Scarlet Feather is a new catering company formed by two friends from cooking school, Cathy Scarlet and Tom Feather. Their dream is to have the best business in Dublin.

At the heart of every Irish family, the hopes of the future are tied deeply to the dreams of the past. And at the heart of every Maeve Binchy novel, the lives and loves of vividly drawn characters are deftly woven into unforgettable, beautifully realized tales. Now, in this charming audio set...

Ria lived on Tara Road in Dublin with her dashing husband, Danny, and their two children. She fully believed she was happily married, right up until the day Danny told her he was leaving her to be with his young, pregnant girlfriend. By a chance phone call, Ria meets Marilyn, a woman from New...

Evacuated from Blitz-battered London, Elizabeth White is sent to stay with the O'Connors in Ireland. It is the beginning of an unshakeable bond between Elizabeth and Aisling, a friendship which will endure through 20 turbulent years of change and chaos, joy and sorrow, soaring dreams, and searing betrayals. Maeve Binchy tells a magnificent story of the lives and loves of two women, bound together in a friendship that nothing can tear asunder - not even the man who threatens to come between them forever.

It began with Benny Hogan and Eve Malone, growing up, inseparable, in the village of Knockglen. Benny--the only child, yearning to break free from her adoring parents... Eve--the orphaned offspring of a convent handyman and a rebellious blueblood, abandoned by her mother's wealthy family to be...

It was the quiet ones you had to watch. That's where the real passion was lurking. They came together at Mountainview College, a down-at-the-heels secondary school on the seamy side of Dublin, to take a course in Italian. It was Latin teacher Aidan Dunne's last chance to revive a failing...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “The Copper Beech is as soothing as a cup of tea.”—People In the little Irish town of Shancarrig, the young people carve their initials—and those of their loves—into the copper beech tree in front of the schoolhouse. But not even Father Gunn, the...

Maeve Binchy is one of Britain’s most popular storytellers, and these four tales demonstrate the warmth and compassion that have made her many novels bestsellers. In 'Homecoming', read by Sean Campion, the Brennans run Quentin’s restaurant in Dublin for the owner, who lives abroad. But...

From the New York Times bestselling author of Circle of Friends and The Glass Lake comes This Year It Will Be Different, a stunning new work that brings us the magic and spirit of Christmas in fifteen stories filled with Maeve Binchy's trademark wit, charm, and sheer storytelling genius. Instead...

A BBC Radio collection of dramatisations and readings of Maeve Binchy’s sparkling stories Irish writer Maeve Binchy was one the best-loved and most successful authors of her time. Her bestselling books sold over 40 million copies worldwide, and were translated into 37 languages. This...

Ria lived on Tara Road in Dublin with her dashing husband, Danny, and their two children. She fully believed she was happily married, right up until the day Danny told her he was leaving her to be with his young, pregnant girlfriend. By a chance phone call, Ria meets Marilyn, a woman from New...

Evacuated from Blitz-battered London, shy and genteel Elizabeth White is sent to stay with the boisterous O'Connors in Kilgarret, Ireland. It is the beginning of an unshakeable bond between Elizabeth and Aisling O'Connor, a friendship which will endure through twenty turbulent years of change...

In this extraordinary collection of stories, New York Times bestselling author Maeve Binchy once again reveals her incomparable understanding of matters of the heart with powerfully compelling stories of love, loss, revelation, and reconciliation. A secretary's silent passion for her boss...

Ria Lynch og Marilyn Vine har aldrig mødt hinanden. Ria bor i et faldefærdigt hus på Tara Road i Dublin, og Marilyn bor i en universitetsby i New England, USA. At finde to mere forskellige personer ville være svært, men alligevel bringer tilfældighedernes spil de to sammen, og de aftaler at bytte bolig med hinanden i sommerhalvåret. Ria tager til USA med et håb om, at forandringen vil hjælpe hende til at overvinde sine store personlige problemer, og Marilyn flytter ind i huset på Tara Road og glæder sig til at få den tragedie lidt på afstand, som hun indtil nu ikke har omtalt for nogen i sin omgangskreds.

Zwei Frauen, zwei Häuser, ein unvergesslicher Sommer. Ria Lynch und Marilyn Vine könnten nicht unterschiedlicher sein. Sie leben tausende Meilen voneinander entfernt: Ria in einem gemütlichen viktorianischen Haus in Tara Road, Dublin; Marilyn in einem modernen Haus in New England. Nach schweren persönlichen Verlusten beschließen sie, ihre Häuser für einen Sommer zu tauschen. Doch dieser Haustausch erweist sich als alles andere als die ruhige Auszeit, die sie sich erhofft hatten.

Alt forandrer sig i Rossmore. Efter et økonomisk boom i Irland er byen ikke længere en søvnig landsby, men et blomstrende sted, så travl, at der måske skal anlægges en ny omfartsvej. Indbyggerne er dybt splittede, især fordi den nye vej skal gå gennem Hvidtjørneskoven, lige præcis hvor Skt. Annas Kilde ligger. Nogle mener, at kilden har mirakuløse kræfter – andre, at det er noget overtroisk sludder. Fader Flynn vakler både i sit virke som præst i et stadig mere verdsligt Irland og mellem de to sider i kampen om den nye vej.

Night after night the beautiful woman walked beside the serene waters of Lough Glass. Until the day she disappeared, leaving only a boat drifting upside down on the unfathomable lake that gave the town its name. Ravishing Helen McMahon, the Dubliner with film-star looks and unfulfilled dreams...

Dublin Fortælllinger består af fire lange historier, der centrerer sig omkring den fashionable del af Dublin. En kvinde fra det bedre borgerskab underholder sin ægtemands elskerinde under et middagsselskab. En pige fra landet reflekterer over glæderne ved storbylivet. En ung student må forholde sig til problemerne ved en ufrivillig graviditet. En fordrukken fotograf forsøger at genskabe sin noget vingeskudte karriere.

En helt speciel familiebegivenhed lurer i horisonten for familien O´Hagan: Desmond og Deirdre har til oktober været gift i 25 år. Naturligvis skal der være sølvbryllupsfest, men hvem skal arrangere den? Det er utænkeligt ikke at markere dagen, men vil Desmond og Deirdre i virkeligheden helst være fri for en fest? Og vil de rigtige gæster komme? Det er nogle af de tanker, den ældste datter, Anna, gør sig, men hun gør det alene, for søsteren Helen og broderen Brendan interesserer sig ikke videre for sagen.

En samling på femten julehistorier, der viser Maeve Binchys store talent for at skildre helt almindelige mennesker, deres glæder og sorger, problemer med børn, gamle eller sig selv, ensomhed eller lykkelige familierelationer - alt sammen noget som i juletiden forstørres op og bliver mere intenst.