Nights of Rain and Stars: Four strangers, a beautiful Greek island and a summer that will change their lives forever

Maeve Binchy

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'An absolute joy. No one sweeps you away like Maeve' Veronica Henry

'The perfect summer read' Mail on Sunday

Maeve Binchy at her very best - the superb novel of one summer, and four people whose lives are irrevocably changed.

'The setting is wonderfully seductive . . . Binchy weaves her usual magic . . . Binchy is degrees better than most other novelists and her storytelling ability is second to none' Sunday Express

Four strangers, with nothing in common but a need to escape, meet in a Greek taverna high above the small village of Aghia Anna. From Ireland, America, Germany and England they have each left behind their homes and their old lives, when a shocking tragedy throws them unexpectedly together.

Nights of Rain and Stars is the story of one summer and four people, each with a life in turmoil - and Vonni, the Irish exile who would very much like to help them, but has demons of her own to battle . . .

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  • A brilliant and very entertaining writerRequired reading ... the perfect summer read - MAIL ON SUNDAYThe landscape is evocatively Greek, the characters so real you feel you know them. Warm, thoughtful, vintage Maeve Binchy - CHOICEThe setting is wonderfully seductive ... Binchy weaves her usual magic ... Binchy is degrees better than most other novelists and her storytelling ability is second to none - SUNDAY EXPRESSIt's always a treat to read one of Maeve Binchy's novels and this is no exception ... she introduces us to a group of characters - a random group of holidaymakers thrown together by tragedy - and leaves us caring about them as if they are our friends - BEST

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Maeve Binchy

Maeve Binchy

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 GA is 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

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