About this product

Product Identifiers

PublisherThorndike Press

ISBN-101410472841

ISBN-139781410472847

eBay Product ID (ePID)202816710

Product Key Features

Book TitleMaeve Binchy : the Biography

Number of Pages413 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicWomen Authors, Cultural Heritage, Literary, European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh

Publication Year2014

FeaturesLarge Type

GenreLiterary Criticism, Biography & Autobiography

AuthorPiers Dudgeon

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1 in

Item Weight1 Oz

Item Length8.5 in

Item Width5.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

Dewey Edition23

Dewey Decimal823/.914

Edition DescriptionLarge Type / large print edition

SynopsisMaeve Binchy's heartwarming tales of love, life, and loss made her one of America's best-loved storytellers. Her novels, which sold more than 40 million copies worldwide, captured imaginations on both sides of the Atlantic in a way that most authors only dream of. Seared with a truth and honesty that leapt from the page, her stories capture the imagination and continue to win her legions of loyal fans. In this extraordinary biography, Piers Dudgeon reveals that the inspiration for many of her stories came from Maeve's own hard-won experience growing up in Ireland. In the land of her birth and what would become the setting of her novels, Maeve suffered through a difficult adolescence and famously lost her faith before coming to terms with who she was and expressing at last the qualities that would come to define her as both a writer and a person. Drawing on extensive research and humorous personal anecdotes, "Maeve Binchy: The Biography" celebrates the life of a compassionate, down-to-earth and charming woman who touched hearts around the world and left behind an incredible legacy., Bringing joy to thousands around the world, Maeve Binchy's heart-warming tales of love, life and loss made her one of Ireland's most celebrated writers. In this first biography of the much-loved author, Piers Dudgeon vividly describes a life at once so familiar and yet so extraordinary, played against the backdrop of Maeve's favorite recurring character: Ireland. Maeve Binchy: The Biography does full justice to a powerful writer who remains in the hearts of so many., Bringing joy to thousands around the world, Maeve Binchy's heartwarming tales of love, life and loss made her one of Ireland's most celebrated writers. In this first biography of the much-loved author, Piers Dudgeon vividly describes a life at once so familiar and yet so extraordinary, played against the backdrop of Maeve's favorite recurring character: Ireland. Drawing on extensive research and personal anecdote, Maeve Binchy: The Biography does full justice to a powerful writer who remains in the hearts of so many. Book jacket.