Evening Class, Maeve Binchy
Evening Class, Maeve Binchy
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Evening Class

Author: Maeve Binchy

Narrator: Kate Binchy

Abridged: 5 hr 54 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/05/2000


Synopsis

It was the quiet ones you had to watch. That's where the real passion was lurking.

They came together at Mountainview College, a down-at-the-heels secondary school on the seamy side of Dublin, to take a course in Italian. It was Latin teacher Aidan Dunne's last chance to revive a failing marriage and a dead-end career. But Aidan's dream was headed for disaster until the mysterious Signora appeared, transforming a shared passion for Italy into a life-altering adventure for them all . . . bank clerk Bill and his dizzy fiance Lizzie: a couple headed for trouble . . . Kathy, a hardworking innocent propelled into adulthood in a shocking moment of truth . . . Connie, the gorgeous rich lady with a scandal ready to explode . . . glowering Lou, who joined the class as a cover for crime. And Signora, whose passionate past remained a secret as she changed all their lives forever. . . .

From the New York Times bestselling author of This Year It Will Be Different, The Glass Lake, and Circle of Friends, comes a novel filled with Maeve Binchy's signature warmth, wit, and sheer storytelling genius—a spellbinding tale of men and women whose quiet lives hide the most unexpected things. . . .

About The Author

Maeve Binchy is the bestselling author of This Year It Will Be Different, The Glass Lake, The Copper Beech, The Lilac Bus, Circle of Friends, Silver Wedding, Firefly Summer, Echoes, Light a Penny Candle, and London Transports. She has written two plays and a teleplay that won three awards at the Prague Film Festival. A writer for The Irish Times since 1969, she lives with her husband, writer and broadcaster Gordon Snell, in London and Dublin.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Suz on February 09, 2017

This is a lovely book, Maeve is just the best. I loved this so much as I haven't travelled, but I can say she took me there. Maeve Binchy is an author that you think you know, kinship could be the word? When she passed away I was incredibly sad, and surprised by it. She writes the type of book to re......more

Goodreads review by Melindam on June 25, 2023

Whether it's hot and you need a book while lying on the beach or raining and you need a one to curl up with at home, either way this book is a perfect choice. Take a bunch of people all over Dublin with different characters, background, social standing, dreams and fears and throw them together in an......more

Goodreads review by Katie on February 25, 2020

A fantastic novel – powerful, clever, funny and poignant, and full of vignettes weaving together. The characterisation was wonderful, and I can't wait to read more by Maeve Binchy.......more

Goodreads review by Brittany on March 10, 2022

Finally! This is the Binchy I remember and why I started reading through all of her books. This is the first time I recognised characters that appear in other books - the first reference of Brenda and Patrick from Quentin's made me so happy. It also felt much less like short stories. While each chap......more


Quotes

"Charming...engrossing...unforgettable."
--The Philadelphia Inquirer

"Good storytelling . . . Binchy deftly focuses on each character in turn, probing the hidden dramas of their lives."
--Chicago Tribune

"Reading one of Maeve Binchy's novels is like coming home."
--The Washington Post

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