Binchy explores the roles of women in Irish society and inconstant lovers, and uses an operatic plot to hold the reader's attention. It is notable as the last of Binchy's novels to be set in the 1950s. The restaurant was referenced numerous times in previous Binchy titles this novel explores its 30-year history as well as the lives of its patrons. The title refers to Quentins Restaurant, a fictional upscale dining establishment in central Dublin, Ireland. The action takes place in a rural Irish village as well as in London in the 1950s. Quentins is a 2002 novel by the Irish author Maeve Binchy. With warmth, wit and great compassion, Maeve Binchy tells a magnificent story of two women, bound together in a friendship that nothing could tear apart - not even the man who threatened to come between them forever. The Glass Lake is a 1994 novel by the Irish author Maeve Binchy. Their bond is unshakeable, enduring over turbulent years of change and chaos, joy and sorrow, soaring dreams - and searing betrayals. Neither of them were to know it would become the most important friendship of their lives. 'Maeve Binchy! I love her stories and have since Light a Penny Candle.' TOM HANKSĮvacuated from Blitz-battered London, the shy Elizabeth White is sent to stay with the O'Connor family in Kilgarret, Ireland, where she strikes up an unlikely friendship with the lively, boisterous Aisling O'Connor.
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