Minding Frankie by Maeve Binchy

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Bibliographic Details

• Author: Maeve Binchy
• Title: Minding Frankie
• Publisher: ‎ Alfred A. Knopf; First U.S. Edition (March 1, 2011)
• Language: ‎ English
• Format: Hardcover w/Deckle Edge – ‎383 pages
• ISBN-10: ‎ 0307273563
• ISBN-13: ‎ 978-0307273567
• Item Weight: ‎ 1.5 pounds
• Dimensions: ‎ 6.55 x 1.44 x 9.53 inches
• Book Condition: Used – Good (Used book that is in clean condition without any missing pages and spine is intact. Minimal discoloration to the page edges.) Good condition is defined as a copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages and cover are intact and the cover is in very good condition.
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Edition: First U.S. Edition

Synopsis:

Maeve Binchy is back with a tale of joy, heartbreak and hope, about a motherless girl collectively raised by a close-knit Dublin community.

When Noel learns that his terminally ill former flame is pregnant with his child, he agrees to take guardianship of the baby girl once she’s born. But as a single father battling demons of his own, Noel can’t do it alone.

Fortunately, he has a competent, caring network of friends, family and neighbors: Lisa, his unlucky-in-love classmate, who moves in with him to help him care for little Frankie around the clock; his American cousin, Emily, always there with a pep talk; the newly retired Dr. Hat, with more time on his hands than he knows what to do with; Dr. Declan and Fiona and their baby son, Frankie’s first friend; and many eager babysitters, including old friends Signora and Aidan and Frankie’s doting grandparents, Josie and Charles.

But not everyone is pleased with the unconventional arrangement, especially a nosy social worker, Moira, who is convinced that Frankie would be better off in a foster home. Now it’s up to Noel to persuade her that everyone in town has something special to offer when it comes to minding Frankie.

About the Author:

Born in a small town in Dublin County, Ireland in 1940, Maeve Binchy Snell earned a B.A, degree from University College, Dublin. She worked as a history and Latin teacher in Dublin, then as a news reporter at The Irish Times.

In the early 1980s, she published her first novel, Light a Penny Candle, using her maiden name Maeve Binchy as her pen name. She was the author of sixteen novels, many of which were international bestsellers, as well as radio dramas and television screenplays.

One of her most successful novels, A Circle of Friends, was adapted into a movie of the same title, starring Minnie Glover and Chris O'Donnell. Tara Road, another bestseller, also became a film, starring Andie McDowell and Olivia Williams.

Among the many honors she received, Binchy was awarded both the British Book and Irish Book Lifetime Achievement awards.

She died in 2012, and her last book, A Week in Winter, was published later that year.