Peter CostelloA last look round the Binchy estate so to speak in this set of tales concerning the varied residents of Chestnut Street, which readers of Minding Frankie will recall is just around the corner from St Jarlath’s Crescent.
These are warm and entertaining tales of the kind of suburban life which was very much Maeve Binchy’s special realm.
Her characters are often familiar, which makes them appealing, but what happens to them is often unexpected and dramatic in varied ways. Fans will certainly enjoy this but perhaps there are more tales to come from her long career as writer which may have been overlooked.
An example is the recently published Maeve’s Times (Orion, £7.99), which collects some of her articles from the Irish Times.
Can we look forward to Maeve’s Travels too, collecting those “little travel articles” with which she really began her career?