![]() ![]() ![]() 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. ![]() It was sympathetically read by Caroline Lennon. Stoneybridge is a small town on the west coast of Ireland where all the families know one another. I get the feeling that Binchy delighted in creating this little world, so far away from the cares of urban living, and drawing people into it and allowing most of them to leave more content and in touch with themselves. 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. But it does leave the reader with a sense of hope and valuing life options. Synopsis Praise Stoneybridge is a small town on the west coast of Ireland where all the families know one another. Am I making it sound like a personal development book! It's far from that. It's about caring, loving, dealing with life events that hold us back. What these people have in common is that they end up at a guest house in a peaceful, beautiful part of rural Ireland - the establishment of the house itself being a creative optimistic series of decisions. It's about people experiencing positive changes in their lives - either through their own decisions, or just through a chain of events. I felt it was a testament to a life well lived because she created a warm, loving, positive book. Maeve Binchy was a much loved Irish writer and A Week in Winter is her last novel. ![]()
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