Sunday, April 12, 2009

A wonderful Irish storyteller




I finished the latest Maeve Binchy novel, "Heart and Soul." She's a marvelous writer and has many such books to her credit. This one tells a story of family, friends, patients and staff who are part of a heart clinic in a community caught between the old and new Dublin. Dr. Clara Casey is offered a job establishing the underfunded clinic and agrees to take it on for a year. The staff she pulls together create a saga of their own. My only difficulty was remembering the names of all the characters and their roles. Her books are the kind that you are sad when they end.

Easter was very nice. We had a great dinner at my daughter's house and it included her in-laws and my son and his wife and mother-in-law. Lots of good food and too much of it. Our stomachs are bursting. Great to be home though so we can put on comfy clothes and sneak a nap.

1 comment:

Laura Essendine said...

I love Maeve's work - she makes such wonderful stories out of ordinary lives and situations. If you like her, some more Brits you could try are Penny Vincenzi, Judith Lennox and Rosamunde Pilcher who all tell wonderful stories.

Laura Essendine
The Accidental Guru Blog