No Nightingales, No Snakes: A Full-Cast BBC Radio Drama (BBC Audio) by Maeve Binchy Paperback Book

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Rent No Nightingales, No Snakes: A Full-Cast BBC Radio Drama (BBC Audio)

Author: Maeve Binchy

Format: Unabridged CD

Publisher: BBC Audiobooks

Published: Jun 2010

Genre: Fiction - Short Stories (single Author)

Retail Price: $14.95

Synopsis

These five stories feature modern Irishwomen emerging from a culture where they knew their place, into a more hazardous, but more rewarding light. In The Night People Came in for Something That Was No Trouble, Cara's envy of another couple's disingenuous ease at giving dinner parties spurs her to plan the perfect "casual" evening down to the last detail-but things don't go as she'd intended. The Stepson sees Clare walking on eggshells, taking great care not to try to replace her stepson Simon's dead mother: until she finally attempts to break through his hostile diffidence. Decisions at Sea finds Tessa, an overlooked but good-tempered secretary, heading out on a cruise, where she faces a big decision. In The Answer Machine, Biddy reasons that her family need an answer machine for Christmas, and gives it to them early-but by Christmas, she is beginning to regret the whole idea. And in By the Time We Get to Clifden, Nessa and her husband Harry are planning their annual break to Clifden, when neighbor Melly seeks their help, and ends up changing their itinerary and their lives.

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Reviews

BookLender review by Joan on 2011-08-01 16:37:51

I like Maeve Binchy novels, but these short stories were not to my liking at all. They were very short, with no time to develop any interesting characters. I definitely would not recommend this audio.

BookLender review by Joanne on 2010-11-17 20:24:55

maeve binchy has been my favorite author for many years but, i was disappointed in this book.it felt like an snack and i wanted a whole meal