Maeve Binchy’s Treasury by Maeve Binchy $24.25 (RRP $29.99, 19% off)

Over forty delightful stories drawn from The Return Journey and This Year it will be Different, plus eight new autobiographical stories. Molly is on an unexpected holiday in Greece which promises more than she ever imagined. Nick and Janet meet at the Sydney Fish Markets . . . everything seems perfect, what could go wrong? Victor, a self-confessed romantic, accompanies a friend to Australia with no thought of love on his mind. Written with Maeve's trademark generosity, these heart-warming stories embrace families, friends, lovers and the lonely with laughter, wisdom and affection. Among her entrancing autobiographical tales, Maeve revisits girlhood memories of her family's Christmas Eve in Dublin, tells of the search for a 'typical' French Sunday lunch in Paris and argues for the delights of travelling alone. About the Author 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 over twenty books, all of them bestsellers. Several have been adapted for cinema and television, most notably Circle of Friends and 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 Gais 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.