Book : Heart And Soul - Binchy, Maeve

-Titulo Original : Heart And Soul

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New York Times Bestseller A story of patients and staff, family, and friends who are part of a heart clinic in a community caught between the old Ireland and the new. Dr. Clara Casey has been offered the thankless job of establishing the underfunded clinic and agrees to take it on for a year. She has plenty on her plate already-two difficult adult daughters and the unwanted attentions of her ex-husband-but she assembles a wonderfully diverse staff devoted to helping their demanding, often difficult patients. Before long the clinic is established as an essential part of the community, and Clara must decide whether or not to leave a place where lives are saved, courage is rewarded, and humor and optimism triumph over greed and self-pity. Good-hearted and entertaining.... Offers many honest pleasures. - The Washington Post Review Heart and Soul is a pleasant escape into an entertaining fantasy world across the ocean. . . . [Binchy] once again paints a delightful picture of Ireland that elevates the everyday joys and tragedies of her characters to ones of pure romance. - Woodbury Magazine Good-hearted [and] entertaining . . . [ Heart and Soul] reflects a pervasive generosity of spirit [and] offers many honest pleasures. - The Washington Post Sweet indulgence. . . . Heart and Soul is a delicious delight. - Las Vegas Review-Journal “A new Maeve Binchy novel is always welcome. . . . Binchy has a true gift of creating characters we either know or wish we knew . . . Heart and Soul creates a perfect escape.” - The Plain Dealer “At the end of a long week, a long winter, a long economic downturn, [Maeve Binchy’s Heart and Soul is] exactly what we need.” - Minneapolis Star Tribune “Warm and comfy. . . . Reading Heart and Soul is not unlike getting a hug from your mother.” - The Globe and Mail (Toronto) Oh, the bliss. . . . Maeves back, on top form. - The Times (London) [Maeve Binchy] knows how to fashion a minor drama into a crisis, and the book rattles along from one gripping story to another, leaving the reader with a satisfying glow. . . . It does exactly what it says on the tin: gives heart and soul. - Daily Mail [ Heart and Soul] brings together the secret hopes and dreams of a disparate group of characters . . . with [Binchys] trademark warmth and empathy. - Irish Sunday Independent Maeve Binchys latest novel is packed as usual with wonderful characters. . . . Full of warmth, caring and commonsense. - CHOICE About the Author 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 more than twenty books, all of them best sellers. Several have been adapted for film and television, most notably Circle of Friends and Tara Road, which was an Oprah’s Book Club selection. She was married to the writer and broadcaster Gordon Snell for thirty-five years, and died in 2012 at the age of seventy-two. maevebinchy Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. Mountainview, despite its pleasant name, was one of the tough areas of Dublin. Some of the big estates were home to drug dealers and it wasnt a place to walk alone at night. The school had its ups and downs, but it was lucky enough to have a headmaster, Tony OBrien, who could deal with toughness head-on.Some of the older teachers found the change difficult. Things used to be different. The place had been shabby but theyd had respect. The children came from homes where money was short, but they were all keen to make something of themselves. Today they only cared about money, and if someones big brother was driving a smart car and wearing an expensive leather jacket, it was hard to get interested in having a job in a bank or an office where you might never make enou