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Tue, Jul 31, 12 at 5:08
| Popular Irish writer Maeve Binchy died yesterday.
I first came to her via a tatty paperback of short stories and wasn't expecting 'much of a read' but was surprised at what a good story she wrote with really believable characters. An understated sense of humour and warmth of personality shine through all her books. Certainly not chick-lit as her work has sometimes been described. |
Here is a link that might be useful: A BBC Appreciation
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- Posted by Bumblebeez (My Page) on Tue, Jul 31, 12 at 11:02
| I just saw that, I am will miss her, I deeply love some of her books. |
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| I am sorry to see your post. This was the first I knew about her death and I thought "Oh, no" and guessed what was coming. My daughter and I love and collect her books. When I visited Dublin, I particularly went to see some of the locations she wrote about. We will miss her. |
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- Posted by sherwood38 (My Page) on Tue, Jul 31, 12 at 14:08
| I heard that she had died. I enjoyed her books, especially her earlier ones. Pat |
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- Posted by sarah_canary (My Page) on Tue, Jul 31, 12 at 15:23
| I,too, am a fan of her earlier works -- especially The Glass Lake. I tried to get my book group to read this but they shy away from anything that's more than 350 or 400 pages. I'm sorry to hear of her passing. |
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- Posted by carolyn_ky (My Page) on Tue, Jul 31, 12 at 17:52
| I'm not a fan of short stories or the characters-loosely-tied-together type of books she sometimes wrote, but I did enjoy many of her novels. I thought she caught teenage chit chat in Circle of Friends better than anyone I've ever read. |
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