Silver Wedding: A family reunion threatens to reveal all their secrets…

Silver Wedding: A family reunion threatens to reveal all their secrets…

by Maeve Binchy (Author)

Synopsis

Desmond and Deirdre Doyle will have been married for twenty-five years in October. It falls to the Doyles' eldest daughter, Anna, to decide how best to commemorate her parents' Silver Wedding. No use asking her sister Helen, living in her London convent, or her brother Brendan, who has chosen another form of exile on a bleak farm in the West of Ireland. But it is unthinkable not to have a party, even though for the Doyles, family occasions are more difficult than for most. For each of them is keeping up a front, nursing a secret wound, or smarting over a hidden betrayal. And as the day draws nearer, so the tension mounts, until finally the guests gather at the party itself...

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 400
Edition: New e.
Publisher: Arrow
Published: 01 Jun 2006

ISBN 10: 0099498626
ISBN 13: 9780099498629
Book Overview: Another unforgettable novel from the bestselling author of Light a Penny Candle and Circle of Friends

Media Reviews
Maeve Binchy has a gimlet eye for the seething cauldron of emotions which lies beneath the surface of everyday life * Irish Independent *
An adept storyteller with a sharp eye for social nuances and a pleasing affection for her characters * Sunday Times *
A rousing good story ... Laughter and tears: it's what Binchy does best * San Francisco Chronicle *
Maeve Binchy is one of the few writers who can pull at your heartstrings . . . she has a touching belief in goodness, but knows that bad things happen. . . reading her books is like gossiping with old friends * Daily Express *
A joy to read from start to finish * Best *
Author Bio
Maeve Binchy was born in Dublin, and went to school at the Holy Child Convent in Killiney. She took a history degree at UCD and taught in various girls' schools, writing travel articles in the long summer holidays. In 1969 she joined the Irish Times and for many years she was based in London writing humorous columns from all over the world. She is the author of five collections of short stories as well as twelve novels including Circle of Friends, The Copper Beech, Tara Road, Evening Class and The Glass Lake. Maeve Binchy died on 30 July 2012. She is survived by her husband, the writer Gordon Snell.