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Title: Evening Class by Maeve Binchy ISBN: 0-440-22320-2 Publisher: Dell Publishing Company Pub. Date: 01 April, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.21 (81 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: A good Binchy, but not her best
Comment: EVENING CLASS by Maeve Binchy
Here's a book that revolves around an Irish expatriate who left her home in Ireland to live in Italy for many years, and a night class where learning Italian is the goal of it's students. EVENING CLASS by Maeve Binchy is yet another novel in which Binchy introduces us to a large cast of characters, and the reader gets to know each and every one of them in detail.
The book starts off with the story of Aidan Dunne, a very unhappy husband and father of two young adult women, who is waiting to hear if he is going to receive the promotion of school principal that he feels he most certainly deserves. When the position goes to a rival, he is instead offered the task of setting up a new nighttime adult education school, where he is allowed carte blanche. Aidan chooses to start with Italian language classes. It is a revolutionary idea, but he decides he wants to take a stab at it, and his love of Italy is obvious as he tries to make his dreams of living the life of Italy come true.
In the mean time, he needs someone who could teach the class, as well as enough pupils to keep the classes going. Enter "Signora": an Irish woman who now calls her home Italy, because many years ago the love of her life decided to return home to Italy, and she followed him, despite her family's protests. After several decades of living in a foreign country, she herself is now a foreigner in the country of her birth, a place that feels strange and uncomfortable to her. Her acceptance of the position of Italian teacher for Aidan's night school is a godsend, and she puts her heart and soul into this project.
It first appears that this is a short story collection, as Binchy introduces a new character in each new chapter. However, she chooses to make this a novel, as she winds up the short stories by bringing them all together at the very end. It is a clever gimmick, and although I think she pulled it off, I felt that she cheated a bit. This was not a true novel. Her ending was rather sloppy, I thought, but it was the happy ending I was looking for.
EVENING CLASS to me was an uplifting book, with a lot of hope and wishful thinking among the many characters. I found it one of the more enjoyable Binchy books so far that I've read, although not quite my favorite. I recommend EVENING CLASS to any Binchy fan!
Rating: 5
Summary: Maeve Binchy, always a GREAT READ !
Comment: This is one of my favourite books of all time. I work in a public library and I constantly recommend this book to customers. We have never had one customer return "Evening class" who did not enjoy it thoroughly. It is vintage Binchy, with a number of characters whose lives intertwine in various subtle ways. As usual, we learn not to judge others and make assumptions about their lives based solely on appearances. She is a wonderful Irish writer who is able to convey the way of life in Ireland through the written word. I have been to Ireland 14 times in 30 years and her language and descriptions are spot on. Having read thirteen Maeve Binchy novels, only two disappointed. "Silver wedding" just couldn't catch my attention. "Tara Road", her latest, was good but I felt the second half was much more interesting than the first. More pages, in my humble opinion, should have been dedicated to the main characters AFTER they swapped homes. Still, I love Maeve Binchy books. Ninety percent of the novels I read are by British female authors and, for pure enjoyment and "feel good" reads, it is a tie between Binchy and Rosamunde Pilcher. With Pilcher's retirement from writing (although son Robin's first novel was very good!), long live, and write, Maeve!
Rating: 5
Summary: Evening Class
Comment: The new Signora moves into town... It is a mystery to the town folks where she is from and a mystery as to why she is able to speak Italian so well. Because she is single and lonely, she begins to start teaching Italian classes at the local college. The classes make her relive her life when she was younger and lived in Italy. They bring back fond memories of being in love. The classes change her life; they give new meaning and purpose to her present life. Soon after, through many twists of fate she comes together with Aidan Dunne, a teacher, who is surviving in a life-less marriage...
One of my favorite books of all time... The plot is simply amazing. Maeve Binchy is the master!
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Title: The Copper Beech by Maeve Binchy ISBN: 0440213290 Publisher: Dell Pub. Date: 01 November, 1993 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: The Glass Lake by Maeve Binchy ISBN: 0440221595 Publisher: Dell Pub. Date: 01 March, 1996 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Echoes by Maeve Binchy ISBN: 0440122090 Publisher: Dell Pub. Date: 01 August, 1989 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: The Return Journey by MAEVE BINCHY ISBN: 0440224594 Publisher: Dell Pub. Date: 08 June, 1999 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Tara Road by Maeve Binchy ISBN: 0440235596 Publisher: Dell Publishing Company Pub. Date: 18 July, 2000 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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