Maeve Binchy: The Biography (Thorndike Press large print biography) - Hardcover

Dudgeon, Piers

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1410472841 ISBN 13: 9781410472847

Publisher: Thorndike Press, 2014

Synopsis

Bringing joy to thousands around the world, Maeve Binchy's heart-warming tales of love, life and loss made her one of Ireland's most celebrated writers. In this first biography of the much-loved author, Piers Dudgeon vividly describes a life at once so familiar and yet so extraordinary, played against the backdrop of Maeve's favorite recurring character: Ireland. Maeve Binchy: The Biography does full justice to a powerful writer who remains in the hearts of so many.

About this title

About the Author:

PIERS DUDGEON worked for ten years as an editor in London before starting his own publishing company, Pilot Productions. He is the author of bestselling biographies of Catherine Cookson, Edward de Bono, the composer Sir John Tavener, and the novelists Barbara Taylor Bradford, Josephine Cox, J. M. Barrie and Daphne du Maurier.

Review:

'Those who loved Maeve and her writing will be grateful that her life has been dutifully documented, and that she has formally taken her place in the canon of Irish literary - and media - life.' Mary Kenny, Irish Independent 'This joy of a biography is an absolute must for fans of the treasured Irish author, who died a year ago... A vivid portrait of a generous-hearted, funny and consummate storyteller.' Hello! "This book will be read with interest by many." Irish Catholic "Dudgeon paints Binchy as a lively and vivacious lover of life in this warm and often humorous record of a woman who was determined to be her own person." Irish Post "Biographer Dudgeon specialises in telling the stories of prolific matriarchal female writers." Yorkshire Post

About this edition

• Publisher: Thorndike Press
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1410472841
• ISBN 13: 9781410472847
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 413