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Here, the lives of the residents are revealed in maeve binchy s wonderfully compelling tales. Maeve binchy 19402012 was an irish author who wrote about smalltown life in ireland with a humourous slant. It is a collection of thirtysix short stories, all with some relation to chestnut street, dublin just around the corner from st jarlaths. After a spell as a teacher she joined the irish times. While she was writing columns for the irish times and her bestselling novels, maeve binchy also had in mind to write a book that revolved around one street with many characters coming and going. Chestnut street is a place in dublin where neighbors come and go. She worked as a history and latin teacher in dublin, then as a news reporter. Irish times written over the past decades, these heartwarming stories of dublin life, set around chestnut street, are collected together for the first. Chestnut street by maeve binchy 2015, paperback for sale.
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