by Maeve Binchy
Going to have this count towards Melbourne Cup Day! Some of the stories take place in Australia! Lucky me! I will make sure that I identify them below. You all know that I love Maeve Binchy. She wrote some fantastic short story collections that I always recommend to people. I hit a nasty reading ...
Binchy explores the many ways in which modern women are expected to do Christmas, and the gap between those expectations and reality. I love how grounded these stories are in the sort of real life difficulties we all face: choosing the right present, dealing with challenging relatives, being alone, ...
1996 Nov 1 2004 Dec 14 Big soft-spot in my heart for short stories about Christmas. Maybe it was all those Good Housekeeping magazines? I don't know. One of my favorite Christmas books. As in real life, people trying to make things better, and mostly much doesn't change, but they made the effort, ...
Hmmmm. I didn't realise that it was a book of short stories, i saw A new book i'd not read before and bought it without reading the back.I much prefer to have a good long read and i just got into a story and it was finished. Its a good book to read in the bath though, 2 chapters and you know your wr...
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