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“LOve it. Hated the movie. This book started the year long reading of all Binchy books.”
Oksana D wrote this review 2 weeks ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Great book!”
Angie H wrote this review Monday, November 16 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Another great read by Binchy.”
Carrie L wrote this review Saturday, October 31 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Was given this book as a gift by Zoe in hardback. Enjoyed it very much but disliked the follow up book Quentin's and abandoned it half way through.”
Sylvia Tearle wrote this review Saturday, October 17 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“Maeve Binchy knows how to give her characters credibility. They are almost real people. You can take their place in the story's en feel what they feel. Also they return in other books she has written. Like you meet an old acquaintance again. ”
hadewich wrote this review Thursday, October 15 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“One of my favorite authors of escapist literature. She never disappoints”
Connie W wrote this review Monday, October 12 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“The book was better than the movie”
Serap Boyali wrote this review Thursday, October 8 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“I loved this book, though at the time I read it (with 16) I couldn't understand the full meaning of re.discovering yourself, a giving your life a new dimension. Two women swap their homes, move across the ocean and try to start their lives over again. It's hopeful and warming, a perfect getaway.”
Ivana M wrote this review Saturday, October 3 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“So far so good. Seems like a bit of dialog more than a story so far. Great story. Not very psychological in description but good dialog. Thought I was reading scripting for Ab Fab but the story developed and actually she was quite sparing. Men should read this book. It might do them some good to see how women think. ”
Reid B wrote this review Monday, September 21 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“With each new book, Maeve Binchy continues a remarkable progression of sales and audience growth, reaching fans of all ages and backgrounds with her matchless wit, warmth, and sheer storytelling magic. Tara Road, her first full-length novel since The Glass Lake, again shows her incomparable understanding of the human heart in the tale of two women, one from Ireland, one from America, who switch lives, and in doing so learn much about each other, as well as much about themselves. Ria lived on Tara Road in Dublin with her dashing husband, Danny, and their two children. She fully believed she was happily married, right up until the day Danny told her he was leaving her to be with his young, pregnant girlfriend. By a chance phone call, Ria meets Marilyn, a woman from New England unable to come to terms with her only son's death and now separated from her husband. The two women exchange houses for the summer with extraordinary consequences, each learning that the other has a deep secret that can never be revealed. Drawn into lifestyles vastly differing from their own, at first each resents the news of how well the other is getting on. Ria seems to have become quite a hostess, entertaining half the neighborhood, which at first irritates the reserved and withdrawn Marilyn, a woman who has always guarded her privacy. Marilyn seems to have become bosom friends with Ria's children, as well as with Colm, a handsome restaurateur, whom Ria has begun to miss terribly. At the end of the summer, the women at last meet face-to-face. Having learned a great deal, about themselves and about each other, they find that they have become, firmly and forever, good friends. A moving story rendered with the deft touch of a master artisan, Tara Road is Maeve Binchy at her very best--utterly beautiful, hauntingly unforgettable, entirely original, and wholly enjoyable.
Morli J wrote this review Saturday, August 29 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
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