Tara Road

An irresistible tale * ELLE *What is Maeve Binchy’s magic? Every time she publishes a novel the race is on to the armchair or the poolside seat, telephones fall eerily silent … Her great gift is to suck her reader into the drama of everyday lives without fuss … She relies on dialogue and on keeping up a cracking pace * DAILY MAIL *

A tender novel of the pleasures and pitfalls of friendship, TARA ROAD is an ultra-modern love story for women, about women, between women that is sure to delight

* NEWSDAY *Engrossing * WALL STREET JOURNAL *You can see why, for a legion of female readers, Maeve Binchy is a one-woman opiate of the people * EVENING STANDARD *She is one of the few writers who can pull at your heartstrings … The author’s great skill is to draw you into the world she creates, so that reading her books is like gossiping with old friends * DAILY EXPRESS *Binchy is a consummate storyteller who involves the reader in the world she creates … Binchy is a Dickens: she writes about the dilemmas of human beings with a backdrop which describes the manners and morals of a society * IRISH TIMES *Maeve Binchy’s novels are just the kind of comforting companions so many women can’t wait to take to bed … Binchy’s prose flows as naturally as conversation with a good friend * THE LADY *Two women, one from Dublin one from New England, end up on a house swap for the summer and find their lives changed for ever. Another tale with strong female characters and the importance of friendship. As always there are a host of characters to keep the interest going and plenty to make the reader question the nature of relationships * LOVE READING *She is the Queen of Fiction and one of the funniest and best-loved storytellers in the world…once you read Maeve you are hooked for life * IRISH TIMES *Maeve Binchy’s work continues to inspire … thought-provoking, warm and funny in equal measure * WOMAN *In TARA ROAD the extraordinary Maeve Binchy spins an irresistible tale of modern life, creating a world so packed with telling details and emotional perspicacity that you feel instantly connected to the heartbroken Ria Lynch and Marilyn Vine * ELLE *Absorbing and delightful * SUNDAY TIMES *Full of characteristic humour and warmth, a lovely read * SUNDAY MIRROR *Moving, original, funny and entertaining… It’s the same skill shown in their craft by Irish writers such as Marian Keyes and Sally Rooney. A rare gift. – Róisín Ingle * Irish Times *There is always a moment of mild astonishment when you turn the final page of a Maeve Binchy novel and look up, only to discover that the characters don’t actually live in your house * Irish Times *TARA ROAD, even years later, is still everything you want in a Maeve Binchy book. It’s moving, original, funny and entertaining…It’s the same skill shown in their craft by Irish writers such as Marian Keyes and Sally Rooney. A rare gift – Roisin Ingle * IRISH TIMES *