Мейв Бинчи

A novel which interweaves the lives of two families, one Irish, one English from the Second World War to the sixties.

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 that will endure through twenty turbulent years of change and chaos, joy and sorrow, soaring dreams and searing betrayals. Writing with warmth, wit and...

Light a Penny Candle (1982) is Maeve Binchy's first novel, which follows two girls growing up during and in the aftermath of World War II. London was a very dangerous place to live during World War II, and many children were evacuated to Ireland or the United States. Only child Elizabeth White is sent to live with her mother's childhood friend and her large and bustling family, the O&...

As a child, Elizabeth White was sent from her war-torn London home to a safer life in the small Irish town of Kilgarret. It was there, in the crowded, chaotic O'Connor household, that she met Aisling-who would become her very best friend, sharing her pet kitten and secretly teaching her the intricacies of Catholicism. Aisling's boldness brought Elizabeth out of her proper shell; later, h...

It was a summer of warmth.... Kate Ryan and her husband, John, have a rollicking pub in the Irish village of Mountfern... lovely twelve-year-old twins... and such wonderful dreams.... It was a summer of innocence... but all that is about to change this fateful summer of 1962 when American millionaire Patrick O'Neill comes to town with his irresistible charm and a pocketfu...

Греция. Тихий остров с розовыми скалами утопает в колыбели теплого голубого моря. Сюда приезжают люди со всех концов света, чтобы отдохнуть и насладиться тишиной и дивными звездными ночами. Но однажды утром идиллия разрушается страшной трагедией — в бухте острова на глазах у всех сгорает, как спичка, прогулочный катер с туристами на борту, хозяином судна и его маленьким племянником. Ошарашенные св...

Growing up in a seaside town, Clare O'Brien and David Power shout their hearts' desires into the echo cave, praying that their destiny will lead them far away from Castlebay, the small town in which they live. Years later, in Dublin, their paths cross again - David, following in his father's footsteps, is studying medicine, and Clare has won a scholarship to University College....

"``Suuta pennine kuunal`` on Maeve Binchy esimene romaan, mis ta kohe ka kuulsaks tegi. Selles raagitakse kahest sobrast, inglanna Elizabeth White`ist ja iirlanna Aisling O`Connorist. Elizabeth White, peenest inglise kodust parit laps, saadetakse soja ajal pommirunnakute eest varjule Iirimaale O`Connorite perekonda. Kokku saavad eri suhtumised, eri arusaamad elust. Sellest kohtumisest sunnib Eliza...

A novel which interweaves the lives of two families, one Irish, one English from the Second World War to the sixties.

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 that will endure through twenty turbulent years of change and chaos, joy and sorrow, soaring dreams and searing betrayals. Writing with warmth, wit and...

Light a Penny Candle (1982) is Maeve Binchy's first novel, which follows two girls growing up during and in the aftermath of World War II. London was a very dangerous place to live during World War II, and many children were evacuated to Ireland or the United States. Only child Elizabeth White is sent to live with her mother's childhood friend and her large and bustling family, the O&...

As a child, Elizabeth White was sent from her war-torn London home to a safer life in the small Irish town of Kilgarret. It was there, in the crowded, chaotic O'Connor household, that she met Aisling-who would become her very best friend, sharing her pet kitten and secretly teaching her the intricacies of Catholicism. Aisling's boldness brought Elizabeth out of her proper shell; later, h...

It was a summer of warmth.... Kate Ryan and her husband, John, have a rollicking pub in the Irish village of Mountfern... lovely twelve-year-old twins... and such wonderful dreams.... It was a summer of innocence... but all that is about to change this fateful summer of 1962 when American millionaire Patrick O'Neill comes to town with his irresistible charm and a pocketfu...