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* ''The Lilac Bus'' (1984)
* ''Echoes'' (1985)
* ''Firefly Summer'' (1987)
* ''Silver Wedding'' (1988)
* ''Circle of Friends'' (1990)
* ''The Copper Beech'' (1992)
* ''The Glass Lake'' (1994)
* ''Evening Class'' (1996)
* ''Tara Road'' (1998)
* ''Scarlet Feather'' (2000)
* ''Quentins'' (2002)
* ''Nights of Rain and Stars'' (2004)
* ''Whitethorn Woods'' (2006)
* ''Heart and Soul'' (2008)
* ''Minding Frankie'' (2010)
* ''A Week In Winter'' (2013)
* ''Echoes'' (1985)
* ''Firefly Summer'' (1987)
* ''Silver Wedding'' (1988)
* ''Circle of Friends'' (1990)
* ''The Copper Beech'' (1992)
* ''The Glass Lake'' (1994)
* ''Evening Class'' (1996)
* ''Tara Road'' (1998)
* ''Scarlet Feather'' (2000)
* ''Quentins'' (2002)
* ''Nights of Rain and Stars'' (2004)
* ''Whitethorn Woods'' (2006)
* ''Heart and Soul'' (2008)
* ''Minding Frankie'' (2010)
* ''A Week In Winter'' (2013)
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* ''The Lilac Bus'' ''Literature/TheLilacBus'' (1984)
*''Echoes'' (1985)
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*''Firefly Summer'' ''Literature/FireflySummer'' (1987)
*''Silver Wedding'' ''Literature/SilverWedding'' (1988)
*''Circle of Friends'' ''Literature/CircleOfFriends'' (1990)
*''The Copper Beech'' ''Literature/TheCopperBeech'' (1992)
*''The Glass Lake'' ''Literature/TheGlassLake'' (1994)
*''Evening Class'' ''Literature/EveningClass'' (1996)
*''Tara Road'' ''Literature/TaraRoad'' (1998)
*''Scarlet Feather'' ''Literature/ScarletFeather'' (2000)
*''Quentins'' ''Literature/{{Quentins}}'' (2002)
*''Nights of Rain and Stars'' ''Literature/NightsOfRainAndStars'' (2004)
*''Whitethorn Woods'' ''Literature/WhitethornWoods'' (2006)
*''Heart and Soul'' ''Literature/HeartAndSoul'' (2008)
*''Minding Frankie'' ''Literature/MindingFrankie'' (2010)
*''A Week In Winter'' ''Literature/AWeekInWinter'' (2013)
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* Literature/LightAPennyCandle (1982)
* The Lilac Bus (1984)
* Echoes (1985)
* Firefly Summer (1987)
* Silver Wedding (1988)
* Circle of Friends (1990)
* The Copper Beech (1992)
* The Glass Lake (1994)
* Evening Class (1996)
* Tara Road (1998)
* Scarlet Feather (2000)
* Quentins (2002)
* Nights of Rain and Stars (2004)
* Whitethorn Woods (2006)
* Heart and Soul (2008)
* Minding Frankie (2010)
* A Week In Winter (2013)
* The Lilac Bus (1984)
* Echoes (1985)
* Firefly Summer (1987)
* Silver Wedding (1988)
* Circle of Friends (1990)
* The Copper Beech (1992)
* The Glass Lake (1994)
* Evening Class (1996)
* Tara Road (1998)
* Scarlet Feather (2000)
* Quentins (2002)
* Nights of Rain and Stars (2004)
* Whitethorn Woods (2006)
* Heart and Soul (2008)
* Minding Frankie (2010)
* A Week In Winter (2013)
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* Literature/LightAPennyCandle ''Literature/LightAPennyCandle'' (1982)
*The ''The Lilac Bus Bus'' (1984)
*Echoes ''Echoes'' (1985)
*Firefly Summer ''Firefly Summer'' (1987)
*Silver Wedding ''Silver Wedding'' (1988)
*Circle ''Circle of Friends Friends'' (1990)
*The ''The Copper Beech Beech'' (1992)
*The ''The Glass Lake Lake'' (1994)
*Evening Class ''Evening Class'' (1996)
*Tara Road ''Tara Road'' (1998)
*Scarlet Feather ''Scarlet Feather'' (2000)
*Quentins ''Quentins'' (2002)
*Nights ''Nights of Rain and Stars Stars'' (2004)
*Whitethorn Woods ''Whitethorn Woods'' (2006)
*Heart ''Heart and Soul Soul'' (2008)
*Minding Frankie ''Minding Frankie'' (2010)
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* YourCheatingHeart: Often. Usually shocking the betrayed person, who had no reason to think their relationship was anything but perfect. One version shocks the "other woman", who had not the slightest idea that her "perfect" boyfriend was married until he slips up and tells her himself, assuming she already knew.
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* TheBabyTrap: In ''Circle Of Friends'' after being ditched by her lover and not wanting to have an abortion, a desperate Nan seduces Jack--''her best friend's boyfriend''--and tells him ''he's'' the baby's father, knowing that he'll do the right thing and offer to marry her.
* ConvenientMiscarriage: Cathy in Scarlet Feather. She was actually happy about the pregnancy, but the miscarriage forces her to admit that her marriage isn't working.
** Also Nan in ''Circle Of Friends'', breaking her engagement. Fittingly, since the man in question wasn't the baby's father (see above).
** A young woman in ''Nights Of Rain And Stars'', saving her from being permanently linked to her abusive boyfriend.
* CreatorProvincialism: Nearly all of her books are set in Ireland and the one that isn't--''Nights Of Rain And Stars''--still features Irish characters.
* ConvenientMiscarriage: Cathy in Scarlet Feather. She was actually happy about the pregnancy, but the miscarriage forces her to admit that her marriage isn't working.
** Also Nan in ''Circle Of Friends'', breaking her engagement. Fittingly, since the man in question wasn't the baby's father (see above).
** A young woman in ''Nights Of Rain And Stars'', saving her from being permanently linked to her abusive boyfriend.
* CreatorProvincialism: Nearly all of her books are set in Ireland and the one that isn't--''Nights Of Rain And Stars''--still features Irish characters.
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* TheBabyTrap: In ''Circle Of of Friends'' after being ditched by her lover and not wanting to have an abortion, a desperate Nan seduces Jack--''her best friend's boyfriend''--and tells him ''he's'' the baby's father, knowing that he'll do the right thing and offer to marry her.
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**Also Nan in ''Circle Of of Friends'', breaking her engagement. Fittingly, since the man in question wasn't the baby's father (see above).
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** A young woman in ''NightsOf of Rain And and Stars'', saving her from being permanently linked to her abusive boyfriend.
* CreatorProvincialism: Nearly all of her books are set in Ireland and the one that isn't--''NightsOf of Rain And and Stars''--still features Irish characters.
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** Cathy in Scarlet Feather. She was actually happy about the pregnancy, but the miscarriage forces her to admit that her marriage isn't working.
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* GoodGirlsAvoidAbortion: Played straight in ''Circle Of Friends'', when Nan refuses to have one--"I'm a Catholic. I couldn't kill my baby!", but averted in ''Light A Penny Candle'' when a character seeks one out after finding herself pregnant and unmarried.
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* GoodGirlsAvoidAbortion: Played straight in ''Circle Of of Friends'', when Nan refuses to have one--"I'm a Catholic. I couldn't kill my baby!", but averted in ''Light A a Penny Candle'' when a character seeks one out after finding herself pregnant and unmarried.
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* AreYouMyMummy: In ''Evening Class'', a character only discovers her true relationship to a family member after being informed of this fact by those around her.
* FamilyRelationshipSwitcheroo: In ''Evening Class'', a character only discovers her true relationship to a family member after being informed of this fact by those around her.
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* InterclassRomance: Cathy and Neil in ''Scarlet Feather'', Clare and David in ''Echoes''
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* InterclassRomance: [[UptownGirl Inter-Class Romance]]: Cathy and Neil in ''Scarlet Feather'', Clare and David in ''Echoes''
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* WhereAreTheyNow: WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: ''Quentins'' brings back numerous characters from previous books.
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Maeve Binchy Snell (28 May 1939[1] – 30 July 2012) was an Irish writer, mainly known for writing novels dealing with the tensions between urban and rural life, the contrasts between England and Ireland, and the dramatic changes in Ireland between World War II and the present day.
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Maeve Binchy Snell (28 May 1939[1] 1939 – 30 July 2012) was an Irish writer, mainly known for writing novels dealing with the tensions between urban and rural life, the contrasts between England and Ireland, and the dramatic changes in Ireland between World War II and the present day.
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Maeve Binchy (1940-2012) was an Irish writer, mainly known for writing novels dealing with the tensions between urban and rural life, the contrasts between England and Ireland, and the dramatic changes in Ireland between World War II and the present day.
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Maeve Binchy (1940-2012) Snell (28 May 1939[1] – 30 July 2012) was an Irish writer, mainly known for writing novels dealing with the tensions between urban and rural life, the contrasts between England and Ireland, and the dramatic changes in Ireland between World War II and the present day.
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* NoPeriodsPeriod: Almost always averted, usually with a late one indicating someone is pregnant.
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* Light a Penny Candle (1982)
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* Light a Penny Candle Literature/LightAPennyCandle (1982)
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* GoodGirlsAvoidAbortion: Played straight in ''Circle Of Friends'', when Nan refuses to have one--"I'm a Catholic. I couldn't kill my baby!", but averted in another book when a character seeks one out after finding herself pregnant and unmarried.
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* GoodGirlsAvoidAbortion: Played straight in ''Circle Of Friends'', when Nan refuses to have one--"I'm a Catholic. I couldn't kill my baby!", but averted in another book ''Light A Penny Candle'' when a character seeks one out after finding herself pregnant and unmarried.
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** A young woman in ''Nights Of Rain And Stars'', saving her from being permanently linked to her abusive boyfriend.
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* {{Oireland:}} Subverted. The books are all set in Ireland and naturally chock-full of Irish characters, but none of them are stereotypical.
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* {{Oireland:}} {{Oireland}}: Subverted. The books are all set in Ireland and naturally chock-full of Irish characters, but none of them are stereotypical.
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* YourCheatingHeart: Often. Usually shocking the betrayed person, who had no reason to think their relationship was anything but perfect.
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* YourCheatingHeart: Often. Usually shocking the betrayed person, who had no reason to think their relationship was anything but perfect.
perfect. One version shocks the "other woman", who had not the slightest idea that her "perfect" boyfriend was married until he slips up and tells her himself, assuming she already knew.
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* Oireland: Subverted. The books are all set in Ireland and naturally chock-full of Irish characters, but none of them are stereotypical.
* WhereAreTheyNow: ''Quentins'' brings back several characters from previous books.
* WriteWhoYouKnow: ''Heart & Soul'' was penned following Binchy's hospitalization for a hear condition.
* WhereAreTheyNow: ''Quentins'' brings back several characters from previous books.
* WriteWhoYouKnow: ''Heart & Soul'' was penned following Binchy's hospitalization for a hear condition.
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* Oireland: {{Oireland:}} Subverted. The books are all set in Ireland and naturally chock-full of Irish characters, but none of them are stereotypical.
* WhereAreTheyNow: ''Quentins'' brings backseveral numerous characters from previous books.
* WriteWhoYouKnow: ''Heart & Soul'' was penned following Binchy's hospitalization for ahear heart condition.
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* WriteWhoYouKnow: ''Heart & Soul'' was penned following Binchy's hospitalization for a
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* Arcadia: The books are typically set in small Irish towns on the outskirts of major cities like Dublin, thus allowing for frequent trips.
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* Arcadia: {{Arcadia}}: The books are typically set in small Irish towns on the outskirts of major cities like Dublin, thus allowing for frequent trips.
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* CreatorProvincialism: Nearly all of her books are set in Ireland and the one that isn't--''Nights Of Rain And Stars'' still features Irish characters.
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* TheBabyTrap: In ''Circle Of Friends'' after being ditched by her lover and not wanting to have an abortion, a desperate Nan seduces Jack--''her best friend's boyfriend''--and tells him ''he's'' the baby's father, knowing that he'll do the right thing and offer to marry her.
* ConvenientMiscarriage: Cathy in Scarlet Feather. She was actually happy about the pregnancy, but the miscarriage forces her to admit that her marriage isn't working.
** Also Nan in ''Circle Of Friends'', breaking her engagement. Fittingly, since the man in question wasn't the baby's father (see above).
* CreatorProvincialism: Nearly all of her books are set in Ireland and the one that isn't--''Nights Of Rain AndStars'' still Stars''--still features Irish characters.characters.
* GoodGirlsAvoidAbortion: Played straight in ''Circle Of Friends'', when Nan refuses to have one--"I'm a Catholic. I couldn't kill my baby!", but averted in another book when a character seeks one out after finding herself pregnant and unmarried.
* InterclassRomance: Cathy and Neil in ''Scarlet Feather'', Clare and David in ''Echoes''
* ConvenientMiscarriage: Cathy in Scarlet Feather. She was actually happy about the pregnancy, but the miscarriage forces her to admit that her marriage isn't working.
** Also Nan in ''Circle Of Friends'', breaking her engagement. Fittingly, since the man in question wasn't the baby's father (see above).
* CreatorProvincialism: Nearly all of her books are set in Ireland and the one that isn't--''Nights Of Rain And
* GoodGirlsAvoidAbortion: Played straight in ''Circle Of Friends'', when Nan refuses to have one--"I'm a Catholic. I couldn't kill my baby!", but averted in another book when a character seeks one out after finding herself pregnant and unmarried.
* InterclassRomance: Cathy and Neil in ''Scarlet Feather'', Clare and David in ''Echoes''
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* ObnoxiousInLaws: Often. The RichBitch mother in laws from the abovmentioned "interclass" in particular.
* Oireland: Subverted. The books are all set in Ireland and naturally chock-full of Irish characters, but none of them are stereotypical.
* WhereAreTheyNow: ''Quentins'' brings back several characters from previous books.
* WriteWhoYouKnow: ''Heart & Soul'' was penned following Binchy's hospitalization for a hear condition.
* YourCheatingHeart: Often. Usually shocking the betrayed person, who had no reason to think their relationship was anything but perfect.
* Oireland: Subverted. The books are all set in Ireland and naturally chock-full of Irish characters, but none of them are stereotypical.
* WhereAreTheyNow: ''Quentins'' brings back several characters from previous books.
* WriteWhoYouKnow: ''Heart & Soul'' was penned following Binchy's hospitalization for a hear condition.
* YourCheatingHeart: Often. Usually shocking the betrayed person, who had no reason to think their relationship was anything but perfect.
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* A Week In Winter (2013)
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* {{Are you my mummy}} - In Evening Class a character only discovers her true relationship to a family member after being informed of this fact by those around her.
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* {{Are you my mummy}} - AreYouMyMummy: In Evening Class ''Evening Class'', a character only discovers her true relationship to a family member after being informed of this fact by those around her.
* MissingMom: In ''The Glass Lake'', Kit's mother disappeared by the titular lake and committed suicide when she was a child. [[spoiler:She later discovers that her mother is not dead, she had decided to abandon her family and run off to England to start a new life with her former lover and had changed her name.]]
* MissingMom: In ''The Glass Lake'', Kit's mother disappeared by the titular lake and committed suicide when she was a child. [[spoiler:She later discovers that her mother is not dead, she had decided to abandon her family and run off to England to start a new life with her former lover and had changed her name.]]
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'''Maeve Binchy''' (1940-2012) was an Irish writer, mainly known for writing novels dealing with the tensions between urban and rural life, the contrasts between England and Ireland, and the dramatic changes in Ireland between World War II and the present day.
!!List of published novels:
* Light a Penny Candle (1982)
* The Lilac Bus (1984)
* Echoes (1985)
* Firefly Summer (1987)
* Silver Wedding (1988)
* Circle of Friends (1990)
* The Copper Beech (1992)
* The Glass Lake (1994)
* Evening Class (1996)
* Tara Road (1998)
* Scarlet Feather (2000)
* Quentins (2002)
* Nights of Rain and Stars (2004)
* Whitethorn Woods (2006)
* Heart and Soul (2008)
* Minding Frankie (2010)
!!Tropes contained in author's works:
* {{Are you my mummy}} - In Evening Class a character only discovers her true relationship to a family member after being informed of this fact by those around her.
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!!List of published novels:
* Light a Penny Candle (1982)
* The Lilac Bus (1984)
* Echoes (1985)
* Firefly Summer (1987)
* Silver Wedding (1988)
* Circle of Friends (1990)
* The Copper Beech (1992)
* The Glass Lake (1994)
* Evening Class (1996)
* Tara Road (1998)
* Scarlet Feather (2000)
* Quentins (2002)
* Nights of Rain and Stars (2004)
* Whitethorn Woods (2006)
* Heart and Soul (2008)
* Minding Frankie (2010)
!!Tropes contained in author's works:
* {{Are you my mummy}} - In Evening Class a character only discovers her true relationship to a family member after being informed of this fact by those around her.
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