Informationen zum Autor Maeve Binchy was born in County Dublin and educated at the Holy Child convent in Killiney and at University College, Dublin. After a spell as a teacher she joined the Irish Times . Her first novel, LIGHT A PENNY CANDLE, was published in 1982 and she went on to write over twenty books, all of them bestsellers. Several have been adapted for cinema and television, including TARA ROAD. Maeve Binchy received a LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD at the BRITISH BOOK AWARDS in 1999 and the Irish PEN/A. T. CROSS AWARD in 2007. In 2010 she was presented with the BOB HUGHES LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD at the BORD GAIS IRISH BOOK AWARDS by the President of Ireland. She was married to the writer and broadcaster Gordon Snell for 35 years, and died in 2012. Visit her website at www.maevebinchy.com Klappentext 'A book designed to be read in a dark January chill; it begs for a fireside and the sound of wind and rain howling outside' THE LADY This winter, escape to a warm and wonderful clifftop hotel with the world's favourite storyteller. Now with brand new introduction by Cathy Bramley, bestselling author of Merrily Ever After. 'Sometimes she would go and walk the cliffs at night and look out over the ocean...' Set high on the cliffs on the west coast of Ireland, Stone House was falling into disrepair until one woman, with a past she needed to forget, breathed new life into the place. Now a hotel with a big warm kitchen and log fires, it provides a welcome few can resist. And so gather the guests: some with secrets, some longing to leave their old lives behind, and some hoping the break at Stone House will help them find a way to face the future... 'A book to treasure' HELLO 'Full of her trademark warmth, humour and lovable characters' WOMAN 'A master storyteller' MARIAN KEYES Vorwort A gorgeous new edition of a Maeve Binchy winter classic, with brand new introduction by Cathy Bramley. Set in a country house on the west coast of Ireland, a mesmerising novel of changing lives, hope, and finding the things that really matter. Zusammenfassung A gorgeous new edition of a Maeve Binchy winter classic, with brand new introduction by Cathy Bramley. Set in a country house on the west coast of Ireland, a mesmerising novel of changing lives, hope, and finding the things that really matter....

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A gorgeous new edition of a Maeve Binchy winter classic, with brand new introduction by Cathy Bramley. Set in a country house on the west coast of Ireland, a mesmerising novel of changing lives, hope, and finding the things that really matter.

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'A book designed to be read in a dark January chill; it begs for a fireside and the sound of wind and rain howling outside' THE LADY

This winter, escape to a warm and wonderful clifftop hotel with the world's favourite storyteller. Now with brand new introduction by Cathy Bramley, bestselling author of Merrily Ever After.

'Sometimes she would go and walk the cliffs at night and look out over the ocean...'***

Set high on the cliffs on the west coast of Ireland, Stone House was falling into disrepair until one woman, with a past she needed to forget, breathed new life into the place. Now a hotel with a big warm kitchen and log fires, it provides a welcome few can resist. And so gather the guests: some with secrets, some longing to leave their old lives behind, and some hoping the break at Stone House will help them find a way to face the future...
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'A book to treasure'** HELLO
'Full of her trademark warmth, humour and lovable characters' WOMAN
'A master storyteller' MARIAN KEYES