Chestnut Street, (Paperback)

from kp9949

I hadn't read a Maeve Binchy book in quite awhile. I had read that this book was compiled after her death and was taken from notes/stories that she had been writing over the years and just put away in a drawer for future reference. They have taken these notes and turned them into a lovely antholo...

from bookworm12

With Binchy's trademark style we are able to dip into the lives of people who live all along Chestnut Street. There is a couple that has put off marriage for years, another group of three women who decide to rent a house together so they can afford to live in that area. We see the world and an af...

from BookConcierge

Audiobook read by Sale Bermingham 3.5*** From the book jacket: Maeve Binchy imagined a street in Dublin with many characters coming and going, and every once in a while she would write about one of these people. She would then put the story in a drawer, "for the future," she would say. (This coll...

from SueinCyprus

This is a collection of short stories put together posthumously, and some of them feel a tad unfinished. The one thread is that all the main characters either live (or grew up in) a residential street known as Chestnut Street. The characters are lightly sketched, yet it's a testament to the Maeve...

from ElizabethCromb

An endearing walk along Chestnut St Dublin with a look into the lives of every resident in every house.