Stoneybridge is a small town on the west coast of Ireland where all the families know one another. When Chicky Starr decides to take an old, decaying mansion set high on the cliffs overlooking the windswept Atlantic Ocean and turn it into a restful place for a holiday by the sea, everyone thinks she is crazy. Helped by Rigger (a bad boy turned good who is handy around the house) and Orla, her … niece (a whiz at business), Chicky is finally ready to welcome the first guests to Stone House’s big warm kitchen, log fires, and understated elegant bedrooms. John, the American movie star, thinks he has arrived incognito; Winnie and Lillian are forced into taking a holiday together; Nicola and Henry, husband and wife, have been shaken by seeing too much death practicing medicine; Anders hates his father’s business, but has a real talent for music; Miss Nell Howe, a retired schoolteacher, criticizes everything and leaves a day early, much to everyone’s relief; the Walls are disappointed to have won this second-prize holiday in a contest where first prize was Paris; and Freda, the librarian, is afraid of her own psychic visions.
Sharing a week with this unlikely cast of characters is pure joy, full of Maeve’s trademark warmth and humor. Once again, she embraces us with her grand storytelling.
This ebook edition includes photos from the landscape of A WEEK IN WINTER and a Reading Group Guide.
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Love Maeve Binchys stories. Am going to read every one she’s written. This was a story of several lives coming together one week of vacation, that changed their lives. It was so good I could hardly put it down.
Definitely entertaining.
This book was one that I have recommended to family and friends.
I love Maeve Binchy books!
I loved this book. I wanted it to continue. I actually went on to buy another book by the author as soon as I finished.
Maive Binchy was a mastor off character development! Lovely read
I love to read any book written by this author. By the time you finish reading her books, you feel as though the characters are your own friends! She makes her characters “come to life. “
Warm and intriguing excellent book
I seriously wanted the book to go on and on! What a great read!
A BIT DIFFERENT FROM HER OTHER BOOKS IN THAT IT WAS NOT A COHESIVE STORY ABOUT ONE SET OF CHARACTERS BUT A COLLECTION OF STORIES ABOUT NUMEROUS ONES. STILL A SATISFACTORY READ .
Well written and entertaining.
I love books set in Ireland and Maeve Binchy is a favorite author of mine.
Really hard to put down!
I love Maeve Binchy”s books. Her character development is amazing! Always sad to finish her books!
I love reading about the lives of others and how they intertwine with others. Maeve Binchy always gets it right.
Interesting with individual stories about each guest.
Maeve Binchy at her best!
One of my favorites from Maeve Binchy!
As always, Maeve Binchy never disappoints. She will be sorely missed in the literary world.
Loved it!! One of my Favorites!