A week in winter
Stoneyville is a small town on the coast of Ireland where all the families know each other. When Chicky decides to take an old decaying mansion, Stone House, and turn it into a restful place for a holiday by the sea, the town thinks she is crazy. She is helped by Rigger (a bad boy turned good who is...
| Main Author: | Binchy, Maeve, 1940-2012 |
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| Other Authors: | Landor, Rosalyn. |
| Format: | Audiobooks Audiobook (CD) |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
[Westminister, MD] :
Books on Tape : Random House Audio,
p2013.
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| Edition: | Unabridged ed. |
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| Online Access: |
Go to Downloadable Audiobook Here. |
| Summary: |
Stoneyville is a small town on the coast of Ireland where all the families know each other. When Chicky decides to take an old decaying mansion, Stone House, and turn it into a restful place for a holiday by the sea, the town thinks she is crazy. She is helped by Rigger (a bad boy turned good who is handy around the place) and her niece Orla (a whiz at business). Finally the first week of paying guests arrive: John, the American movie star thinks he has arrived incognito; Winnie and Lillian, forced into taking a holiday together; Nuala and Henry, husband and wife , both doctors who have been shaken by seeing too much death; Anders, the Swedish boy, hates his father's business, but has a real talent for music; Miss Nell Howe, a retired school teacher, who criticizes everything and leaves a day early, much to everyone's relief; the Walls who have entered in 200 contests (and won everything from a microwave oven to velvet curtains, including the week at Stone House); and Freda , the psychic who is afraid of her own visions. You will laugh and cry as you spend the week with this odd group who share their secrets and might even have some of their dreams come true. |
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| Item Description: |
Compact discs. Duration: 10:58:00. |
| Physical Description: |
9 sound discs (10 hr., 58 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
| ISBN: |
9780307713667 : 0307713660 : 9780307713643 0307713644 |
| Author Notes: |
Her first novel, Light a Penny Candle, was published in 1982. During her lifetime, she wrote more than 20 books including Silver Wedding, Scarlet Feather, Heart and Soul, Minding Frankie, and A Week in Winter. The Lilac Bus and Echoes were made into TV movies, while Circle of Friends, Tara Road and How About You were made into feature films. Her title Chestnut Street is a New York Times Best Seller. She died after a brief illness on July 30, 2012 at the age of 72. (Bowker Author Biography) |