Quentins by Maeve Binchy

Description

Bibliographic Details

• Author: Maeve Binchy
• Title: Quentins
• Publisher: ‎ Dutton; First Printing (October 2002)
• Language: ‎ English
• Format: Hardcover ‎- 359 pages
• ISBN-10: ‎ 0525946829
• ISBN-13: ‎ 978-0525946823
• Item Weight: ‎ 1 pound
• Dimensions: ‎ 6.46 x 1.24 x 9.3 inches
• Book Condition: Used – Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

Synopsis:

#1 New York Times bestselling author Maeve Binchy tells the story of a generation and a city through the history of a Dublin restaurant in this “warm-hearted” (Boston Herald) enthralling novel.

Ella Brady wants to film a documentary about Quentins that will capture the spirit of Dublin from the 1970s to the present day. After all, the restaurant saw the people of a city become more confident in everything from their lifestyles to the food that they chose to eat. And Quentins has a thousand stories to tell. But as Ella uncovers more of what has gone on at Quentins, she begins to wonder whether some secrets should be kept that way… 

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.