{"product_id":"maeves-times-maeve-binchy-9780804172769","title":"Maeve's Times: In Her Own Words","description":"\u003cb\u003eFive decades of selected writings from the \u003ci\u003eIrish Times\u003c\/i\u003e by the beloved and best-selling author, filled with her hallmark humor, candor, and wisdom-a timeless gift to her legion of fans.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMaeve Binchy once confessed: \"As someone who fell off a chair not long ago trying to hear what they were saying at the next table in a restaurant, I suppose I am obsessively interested in what some might consider the trivia of other people's lives.\" She was an accidental journalist, yet from the beginning, her writings reflected the warmth, wit, and keen human interest that readers would come to love in her fiction. From the royal wedding to boring airplane companions, Samuel Beckett to Margaret Thatcher, \"senior moments\" to life as a waitress, \u003ci\u003eMaeve's Times\u003c\/i\u003e gives us wonderful insight into a changing Ireland as it celebrates the work of one of our best-loved writers in all its diversity-revealing her characteristic directness, laugh-out-loud humor, and unswerving gaze into the true heart of a matter. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Binchy's wry, self-effacing style reminds one of a Celtic Nora Ephron. . . . [She] throws a spotlight on strong, imperfect women confronting complicated challenges.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Christian Science Monitor\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Maeve Binchy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0804172765\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780804172769\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Anchor Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/21\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.10w x 0.90d","brand":"Maeve Binchy","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43926208971007,"sku":"9780804172769","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_5f97fd98-d692-4285-b623-890a2e38fc57.jpg?v=1681081803","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/maeves-times-maeve-binchy-9780804172769","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}