Nights of rain and stars : a novel

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Title:

Nights of rain and stars : a novel

Author:

Binchy, Maeve, 1940-2012, author.

Donnelly, Terry, narrator.

Summary:

In a Greek taverna, high over the small village of Aghia Anna, four people meet for the first time: Fiona, an Irish nurse, Thomas, a Californian academic; Elsa, a German television presenter; and David a shy English boy. Along with Andreas, the old man who runs the taverna, they become close to each other after witnessing a tragedy when a pleasure steamer catches fire in the harbour. NIGHTS OF RAIN AND STARS is the story of one summer when Fiona, Thomas, Elsa and David all have to face the particular life crisis which first made them leave their homes and end up in Greece. With the help of Vonni, a middle-aged Irish woman who lives in the village and is now a near-native, they each find a solution -- although not necessarily the one they anticipated.

General Note:

Title from web page.

Compact disc.

Edition:

Unabridged.

Physical Description:

8 audio discs (9 hr., 30 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.

Genre:

Domestic fiction.

Audiobooks.

Subject Term:

Life change events -- Fiction.

Taverns (Inns) -- Fiction.

Expatriation -- Fiction.

Travelers -- Fiction.

Geographic Term:

Greece -- Fiction.

Author(s):

Donnelly, Terry,

Publisher:

Penguin Audio,

Publication Date:

2017

ISBN:

9780525492092

Publication Information:

New York : Penguin Audio, 2017.

Call Number:

CDB BINCHY

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Summary

The lives of four strangers are forever altered when they meet in a Greek seaside village in this compelling novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Maeve Binchy.

Tourists enter the hilltop tavern, alone and in pairs, for a casual lunch. But a sudden tragedy in the harbor below causes these perfect strangers to become unlikely friends as their lives begin to entwine...

Fiona left her nursing career in Ireland to be with the man everyone thinks is wrong for her. Elsa fled Germany and her high-powered television job once she learned what the man she loved was hiding from her. Thomas mourns his failed marriage and misses his young son in California, while David yearns to reconcile with his family in England without having to go into the family business. Chance has brought them together, and together they will find new ways of looking at the lives they left behind.

"By the time the bouzouki players start up on the last page, you'll feel you've known these people all your life."-- The Seattle Times

"The sort of book you should take with you on a trip to the Greek islands."-- The Boston Globe

Author Notes

Maeve Binchy was born in Dublin, Ireland on May 28, 1940. She received a B.A. from University College in Dublin in 1960. After teaching at a school for girls, she became a journalist, columnist and editor at the Irish Times. By 1979, she was writing plays, a successful television script, and several short story collections.

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)

Reviews (2)

Publisher's Weekly Review

Binchy's latest work (after Quentins) would present a challenge to any narrator; the large cast of characters includes tourists from all over the globe who meet and become friends after witnessing a tragic accident in a tiny Greek village. But Donnelly rises to the occasion, delivering a virtuoso performance. The diverse cast includes shy Irish nurse Fiona and her abusive boyfriend, Shane; Elsa, a German TV reporter fleeing a lover she no longer trusts; David, a young Englishman who feels trapped by his parents' insistence that he join the family business; Thomas, an American who feels pushed out of his son's life by his ex-wife's new husband; Vonni, an elderly Irish woman who has lived in Greece for the past 30 years; and Andreas, the old Greek taverna owner who misses his long-estranged son. Even in dialogue-heavy sections involving multiple characters, Donnelly switches effortlessly among voices and accents without missing a beat. She brings each personality vividly to life, evoking the complex emotions within him or her. As a result, this compelling, though simple, yarn is especially satisfying in its audio form. Simultaneous release with the Dutton hardcover (Forecasts, July 19). (Sept.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved

Library Journal Review

In a Greek village, far from Binchy's beloved Ireland, residents and travelers who are variously Greek, Irish, American, and German manage to come togetherAand are then blown apart by sudden tragedy. (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.