The Irish writer and journalist Maeve Binchy died yesterday in
Dublin. She was an outstanding novelist, short story writer and columnist, who
engaged millions of people all around the world with her fluent and accessible
style. She was a great storyteller and a source of encouragement for young
writers. She wrote 16 novels, two of which, The
Lilac Bus and Echoes, were made
into TV films while Circle of Friends,
Tara Road and How About You were made into feature films. She wrote four
collections of short stories, a play Deeply
Regretted By and the novella Star
Sullivan.
Binchy’s books in the Hoffman Family Library include:
Whitethorn Woods
(2010)
Heart and Soul
(2009)
Scarlet Feather
(2008)
Night of Rain and
Stars (2004)
Quentins (2002)
Tara Road (1998)
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