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The Return Journey

The perfect summer holiday read from the No.1 bestselling author

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The Return Journey

By: Maeve Binchy
Narrated by: Kate Binchy
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In this extraordinary collection of stories, the world-wide bestselling author of Evening Class once again reveals her incomparable understanding of matters of the heart. In The Return Journey, Maeve Binchy creates powerful compelling stories of love, loss, revelation, and reconciliation.

A secretary's silent passion for her boss meets the acid test on a business trip; a man and a woman's mutual disdain at first sight shows how deceptive appearances can be; an insecure wife clings to the illusion of order, only to discover chaos at the hands of a house-sitter who opens the wrong doors; a pair of star-crossed travelers pick up each other's bags, and then learn when you unlock a stranger's suitcase, you enter a stranger's life. These and many more poignant, ironic, often humorous stories - unforgettable slices of life -make up The Return Journey, a spellbinding trip into the human heart.

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(p) 2009 Orion Publishing Group©1999 Maeve Binchy Anthologies & Short Stories Contemporary Family Life Fiction Genre Fiction Holidays Short Stories Women's Fiction Romance Heartfelt Witty Emotionally Gripping
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Critic reviews

The perfect poolside read that will take you from desire to devastation in the turn of a few pages.
Heart-felt stories of life and love
She is one of the few writers who can pull at your heartstrings . . . 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
She is the Queen of Fiction and one of the funniest and best-loved storytellers in the world . . . once you read Maeve you are hooked for life
An unsurpassed grasp of what makes a good story (Anne Enright)
The warmest, funniest and most inspiring author . . . I've read everything she ever wrote (Dame Jennie Murray)
A brilliant storyteller who wrote from her heart (Lorraine Kelly)
Maeve Binchy's work continues to inspire . . . thought-provoking, warm and funny in equal measure
I love her stories! (Tom Hanks)
Maeve is a storyteller, she has an ear for dialogue and an eye for character and she's employed these gifts to their full potential
All stars
Most relevant
It was the same old thing. but enjoyable nonetheless. if you like Maeve, you'll probably like this one.

Maeve's usual fare of home spun goodness.

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The late snd much mourned Maeve Binchy in classic form. Each story is an elegant little vignette, the characters are so well drawn that you care about the outcome but, at the same time each story is the perfect length. The stories are varied, some happy, some sad, none predictable. The art of the short story is a precise one, it is not the same as writing a full length novel, the author must be sparing in detail but put enough in to engage the reader. Maeve Binchy was one of those clever writers who had the gift of writing to such an extent that she could have written the blurb on a cereal packet and made it interesting. I am happy to say that these stories are Maeve Binchy at her best!

The Return Journey

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This book wasn’t for me. I found the stories too short and lacking any depth. I am a big fan of Maeve Binchy books, but found this book disappointing. Excellently read by Kate Binchy, who is a first class narrator.

A book of short stories

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