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Quentins

By: Maeve Binchy
Narrated by: Kate Binchy
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About this listen

 Every table at Quentins Restaurant has a thousand stories to tell: tales of love, betrayal and revenge. Ella Brady wants to make a documentary about the renowned Dublin restaurant that has captured the spirit of a generation and a city in the years it has been open.

In Maeve Binchy's magical QUENTINS you will meet new friends and old: the twins from SCARLET FEATHER, the Signora from EVENING CLASS, Ria from TARA ROAD - and a host of fresh faces. There is Monica, the ever-cheerful Australian waitress, and Blouse Brennan, whose simplicity disguises a sharp mind and a heart of gold. Presiding over Quentins are Patrick and Brenda Brennan, who have made Quentins such a legend. But even they have a story and a sadness which is hidden from the public gaze. As Ella uncovers more of what has gone on, she wonders about the wisdom of bringing it to the screen. Should the restaurant keep its secrets?

Read by Kate Binchy

(p) 2002 Audible Ltd©2002 Maeve Binchy Contemporary Family Life Fiction Genre Fiction Holidays Romance Women's Fiction Heartfelt Suspense

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Critic reviews

Full of characteristic humour and warmth, a lovely read
Absorbing and delightful . . . for Binchy's previous readers there is also the pleasure of the familiar, for she thriftily reintroduces a selection of her old characters . . . gently funny, sometimes poignant stories . . . In pinning down the humdrum and the ordinary - debts, the drama of a busy kitchen, a wedding, the ache of childlessness - Binchy makes the point that the profound shift in emotion or spirit can take place while peeling potatoes or waitressing in a restaurant. Her multitude of readers stuck doing much the same instinctively feel this (Elizabeth Buchan)
All the warmth, humour and insights you expect from Maeve Binchy's writing are here
She is one of the few writers who can pull at your heartstrings. It is hard to read these stories of love, failure, betrayal and success without wiping a tear from the most cynical eye . . . The author's great skill is to draw you into the world she creates, so that reading her books is like gossiping with old friends . . . This is a book which would be perfect self-indulgence on a summer's day or one to cheer a rainy one
Maeve Binchy is back. In exuberant fettle and fine form she's returned to the bestselling bookshelves that everyone feared she'd forsaken for retirement. QUENTINS is one for her fans worldwide to really get into: another joyful, absorbing Binchy read with lots of heart
This is Binchy at her very best, telling stories with charm, humour and pathos and giving us one of the most stunning feel-good endings I can remember (Penny Vincenzi)
This latest work, more novel than short stories, brings back many of her characters from earlier books and, as always, it is like being reunited with old friends . . . there's plenty to move the reader . . . for anyone who likes good storytelling
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couldnt put it down,lovely book and included characters from other books,so for me where I'd wanted other books to continue it added to in a really good way. thanks audible for recommending it..

quentins

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I’m a Maeve Binchy fan but I can say hand on heart it would be nigh on impossible not to enjoy this book. Highly recommend.

Loved it!!!

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Warm, witty, wonderful characters and narrated perfectly. One of my favourites, especially if you’ve read Tara Road and Evening Class. So sad when it ends.

Lovely

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the book was so like the others I really enjoyed the way thay all followed

lovely listening

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I have read some of Maeve Binchy's books and this one was particularly enjoyable as it drew in characters from some of her other books. I felt part of the story and I knew the characters. I found this book very funny in parts. This was an easy read. Kate Binchy is a great narrator.

Easy read.

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