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Published: 19/06/2014
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'Maeve's Times is funny and clever and kind, which are excellent qualities in both books and people' Irish Times

'As someone who fell off a chair not long ago trying to hear what they were saying at the next table in a restaurant, I suppose I am obsessively interested in what some might consider the trivia of other people's lives.'

Maeve Binchy is well known for her bestselling novels, but for many years Maeve was a journalist. From 'The Student Train' to 'Plane Bores' and 'Bathroom Joggers' to 'When Beckett met Binchy', these articles have all the warmth, wit and humanity of her fiction. Arranged in decades, from the 1960s to the 2000s, and including Maeve's first and last ever piece of writing for the Irish Times, the columns also give a fascinating insight into the author herself.

With an introduction written by her husband, the writer Gordon Snell, this collection of timeless writing reminds us of why the leading Irish writer was so universally loved.

Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
ISBN: 9781409149903
Number of pages: 432
Weight: 308 g
Dimensions: 197 x 130 x 27 mm


MEDIA REVIEWS

Binchy . . . is a class act - DAILY EXPRESS

Maeve's Times is funny and clever and kind, which are excellent qualities in both books and people ... what this wonderful collection of her work for this paper from 1964 to 2011 makes abundantly clear is that she was a superb journalist - Irish Times

This selection of her work represents Binchy's eclectic interests, infectious sense of humor and wry take on social change... A blithe, entertaining collection that will surely delight Binchy's many fans. - KIRKUS

While the collection makes an enjoyable read on the merit of humor alone, editor Ingle's selections capture Binchy's journalistic apprenticeship, record an intelligent woman's perspective on a changing world, and offer entertaining glimpses of biography that Binchy fans will adore. - PUBLISHERS WEEKLY

You can see why, for a legion of female readers, Maeve Binchy is a one-woman opiate of the people - EVENING STANDARD

Maeve Binchy's work continues to inspire . . . thought-provoking, warm and funny in equal measure - WOMAN

Maeve had this marvellously black sense of humour and she was wildly funny and entertaining - Cathy Kelly

Anyone seeking a wonderful spread of Maeve Binchy's unshowy, compelling, witty, truthful writing would find riches in MAEVE'S TIMES ... She has the writer's sense of how one word can make a phrase burst into life ... hugely enjoyable - Joseph O'Connor

Maeve's Times is funny and clever and kind, which are excellent qualities in both books and people ... what this wonderful collection of her work for this paper from 1964 to 2011 makes abundantly clear is that she was a superb journalist - IRISH TIMES

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“Easy reading.”

This book consists of articles written by Maeve for the Irish Times, spanning several years and is very easy to read.
The topics covered vary greatly from "laugh out loud" to "heart-wrenching", but... More

Hardback edition
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“Maeve's Times”

This book is made up of short pieces of Maeve’s writing, although I read it cover to cover, it is the kind of book that you could just open at any page and find something really entertaining to read. In fact it is... More

Hardback edition
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“Maeve's Times”

This is a book of short articles that the late Irish Authoress Maeve Binchy wrote for the Irish Times. The articles range from the 1960s through to the 2000s. It is an enjoyable read, some articles sad and some laugh... More

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