Quentins by Maeve Binchy Paperback Book

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Author: Maeve Binchy

Format: Quality Paperback

Publisher: New American Library

Published: Aug 2003

Genre: Fiction - Romance - Contemporary

Retail Price: $16.00

Pages: 416

Synopsis

The #1 New York Times bestseller- in trade paperback for the first time.

Is it possible to tell the story of a generation and a city through the history of a restaurant? Ella Brady thinks so. She wants to film a documentary about Quentins that will capture the spirit of Dublin from the 1970s to the present day. After all, the restaurant saw the people of a city become more confident in everything from their lifestyles to the food that they chose to eat. And Quentins has a thousand stories to tell. But as Ella uncovers more of what has gone on at Quentins, she begins to wonder whether some secrets should be kept that way…

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BookLender review by Elena on 2010-09-30 11:46:59

Maeve Binchy is an extradinary story teller who keeps my attention from start to finish. Ella Brady prevails amid such great hurt and dispair after falling inlove with a married man who is a liar & thief. As a very charming likeable financial adviser he swindles Ella's parents and countless others out of life savings by pretending to invest their money with the promise of successful returns. He convinced Ella that his marriage was in name only for the purpose of his children and being in business with is father-inlaw. He flees to Spain with his wife and children, leaving poor Ella to struggle, working several jobs to help repay for her parents loses. Nothing could be traced to prove this man's crime! But he forgot his laptop computer that he left with Ella which had all the important information he needed to obtain and manage his stolen gain. He tries to get back his laptop through sceming methods. Ella is gullible but with the help of family and friends turns the laptop over to the police. All of the characters involved have visited Quentins. Ella gets the opportunity to help a friend in the film business to do a do***entary about Quentins long history. Even though this job is to aide in Ella'a financial responsibility to her parents and distract her from her pain, she gains much more than she could ever imagined in the outcome.