Quentins

Maeve Binchy

McArthur, 2003 - Fiction - 440 pages

The #1 "New York Times" bestseller? in trade paperback for the first time.
Is it possible to tell the story of a generation and a city through the history of a restaurant? Ella Brady thinks so. She wants to film a documentary about Quentins that will capture the spirit of Dublin from the 1970s to the present day. After all, the restaurant saw the people of a city become more confident in everything from their lifestyles to the food that they chose to eat. And Quentins has a thousand stories to tell. But as Ella uncovers more of what has gone on at Quentins, she begins to wonder whether some secrets should be kept that way?

Contents

• Section 1: 3
• Section 2: 21
• Section 3: 56

About the author

Maeve Binchy was born in Dublin, Ireland on May 28, 1940. She received a B.A. from University College in Dublin in 1960. After teaching at a school for girls, she became a journalist, columnist and editor at the Irish Times. By 1979, she was writing plays, a successful television script, and several short story collections. Her first novel, Light a Penny Candle, was published in 1982. During her lifetime, she wrote more than 20 books including Silver Wedding, Scarlet Feather, Heart and Soul, Minding Frankie, and A Week in Winter. The Lilac Bus and Echoes were made into TV movies, while Circle of Friends, Tara Road and How About You were made into feature films. Her title Chestnut Street is a New York Times Best Seller. She died after a brief illness on July 30, 2012 at the age of 72.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Quentins
• Author: Maeve Binchy
• Edition: reprint
• Publisher: McArthur, 2003
• ISBN: 1552783626, 9781552783627
• Length: 440 pages
• Subjects: Fiction / General; Fiction / Psychological