by Maeve Binchy (Author)
In a Greek taverna, high over the small village of Aghia Anna, four people meet for the first time: Fiona, an Irish nurse, Thomas, a Californian academic; Elsa, a German television presenter; and David a shy English boy. Along with Andreas, the old man who runs the taverna, they become close to each other after witnessing a tragedy when a pleasure steamer catches fire in the harbour. NIGHTS OF RAIN AND STARS is the story of one summer when Fiona, Thomas, Elsa and David all have to face the particular life crisis which first made them leave their homes and end up in Greece. With the help of Vonni, a middle-aged Irishwoman who lives in the village and is now a near-native, they each find a solution - although not necessarily the one they anticipated...
Format: Paperback
Pages: 400
Edition: open market ed
Publisher: Orion
Published: 03 Mar 2005
ISBN 10: 075286551X
ISBN 13: 9780752865515
Book Overview: Maeve Binchy is one of today's most successful and best-loved authors, read all over the world and translated into 30 languages Her last seven novels have all been SUNDAY TIMES No.1 bestsellers and the last four were GUARDIAN fastsellers There are now over 6.5 million copies of Maeve Binchy Orion paperbacks in print and she always receives excellent reviews: 'She is one of the few writers who can pull at your heartstrings ... The author's great skill is to draw you into the world she creates, so that reading her books is like gossiping with old friends ... This is a book which would be perfect self-indulgence on a summer's day or one to cheer a rainy one' DAILY EXPRESS 'You'll be hooked by the characters from the start and the fine storytelling simply sweeps you along' WOMAN'S REALM 'Binchy is a Dickens. She writes about the dilemmas of human beings with a backdrop which describes the manners and morals of a society' IRISH TIMES 'Absorbing and delightful' SUNDAY TIMES In the top 100 bestselling Irish titles Maeve Binchy occupies seven of the top twenty places including the number one slot