A Week in Winter
by:
Maeve Binchy (author)
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9781409113997 (140911399X)
ASIN: 140911399X
Publish date: 2012
Publisher: Orion
Edition language: English
Category:
Novels,
European Literature,
Cultural,
Book Club,
Adult Fiction,
Romance,
Adult,
Irish Literature,
Contemporary,
Ireland,
Womens Fiction,
Chick Lit,
Fiction
In Germany we have a long-running tv show named "Das Traumschiff". A bunch of people are going on a cruise ship not to have a wondeful vacation, but to solve all the problems they are having in their life. The show ends with the captains dinner at which the captain gives a ludicrous speech summarizi...
Frankly, I was somewhat confused by this book. There was a different chapter for each of the people working in Stonehouse, and a chapter for each of the people who visited it inn its first week open. No one's stories had entirely satisfying ends. The author tried to fix this by having Freda predict ...
This was one of those no plot books. There is no issue to over come, no resolutions, it's just about the opening week of a bed and breakfast and the events leading up to the guests and owners arrival at that point. It was interesting enough but the book just didn't capture my attention, and I was ...
A Week in Winter by Maeve Binchy is what I would call a cosy and easy read but an uninspiring read.I would sum it up as a collection of short stories about different people and how their problems were solved by a week in winter staying at and Irish Hotel. The stories are pretty predictable with no r...
I am sad that this is the last ever Maeve Binchy book. She did not disappoint with this effort and I found myself looking on TripAdvisor to see if I could find a vacation spot like Stone House in the West of Ireland!!Once again, Ms. Binchy's weaves what are essentially short stories, together with ...
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