Minding Frankie: An uplifting novel of community and kindness

ISBN-13: 9781409117919 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 496 str.

Maeve Binchy

Opis

Noel and Lisa are among the most supportive parents at the nursery school. Never late to pick up their little girl, always patient and delighted to see her at the end of the day. But in fact neither of them is Frankie's parent. They have no blood relationship at all to this little girl.

Recenzje

Binchy weaves her magic once again in an addictive story about families and people who aren't always quite what they seem. WOMAN & HOME

O autorze

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 many more bestsellers. Several have been adapted for cinema and television, including TARA ROAD. Maeve Binchy received a Lifetime Achievement Award at the British Book Awards in 1999 and the Irish PEN/A.T. Cross award in 2007. In 2010 she was presented with the Bob Hughes Lifetime Achievement Award at the Bord Gáis Irish Book Awards by the President of Ireland. She was married to the writer and broadcaster Gordon Snell for 35 years, and died in 2012. Visit her website at www.maevebinchy.com