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Summary: Best book for Summer vacation!
Review: The mystique of Ireland, excellent character development,suspense, and genuine good writing are the hallmark ofMaeve Binchy's Glass Lake. Kit McMahon is caught between the innocence of childhood, loyalty to her family, and the strong need for the love of a mother after her mother's tragic and mysterious death. Highly recommended for vacation or leisurely reading for long Summer evenings. Excellent!
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Summary: FUN!
Review: The Glass lake, like other Binchy novels, is equally engrossing and lively. This time the strange circumstances
involving a young girl and her family will not allow you to
put the book down. It is an easy and fast read despite the
length. The characters, as always, are amusing and strangely reminiscent of someone you know. Do not miss this
one if you are a Binchy fan.
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Summary: The best of Ms. Binchy's books to date.
Review: I always enjoy Maeve Binchy's books, she is one of the best story tellers writing today. The Glass Lake, however, really excels. Her characters seem like old friends, and I was lost in 1950's Ireland from the first page. If you're looking for true "escape" fiction, and a book that you wish will never end, this is it. Take it to the beach, read it on a rainy afternoon, immerse yourself in it on an airplane, it doesn't matter where, but do read it
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Summary: Depressed when last page was turned!
Review: *Sniff!* Yes I've just finished reading "Glass Lake" - and I'm so dismayed that it's over. This was the first Maeve Binchy book I've ever read...and now it certainly won't be the last! I was hooked from beginning to end - couldn't put it down, to be honest. You become friends and enemies with her characters in the book. I felt such a kinship with Kit the main character, and could relate to her. Very human. Real. I was so engrossed with the book that I stayed up till 3 a.m. some nights just reading and reading! Binchy's characterization is tops - no one does it better. In "Glass Lake" Binchy's ability to make her characters come alive, shines very brightly. This is by far one of the best books I've ever read. Truly captivating. A good read, indeed!
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Summary: Strong finish
Review: I read Tara Road and enjoyed the book enough to research more books by Binchy and bought The Glass Lake. At first I thought I was not going to like it....it takes a good 50 -75 psages before you start to get hooked. By the end of the book I couldn't stand to put it down just to see how it ended. I had my suspicions of the ending but I was surprised. The characters in this novel were more restless than Tara Road....and it proved to be an excellent recipe! I reccommend this book to anyone who is wanting to slip away into another world, another place and another time.
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Summary: Binchy is a Master Story Teller!
Review: It's hard to find a good book that does not contain a lot of foul language or lewd situations but if that's the kind of book you're looking for, this novel will be perfect for you. Maeve Binchy is an amazing story teller. Binchy writes about the common man, people you know and can relate to. The Glass Lake is what one would call a "real page turner." You just can't wait to see what happens next. Binchy has a real talent for creating characters that you care about. This novel has the ability to hold your attention to the end. You just won't be able to put it down.
I reccomend this book and just about anything Maeve Binchy writes. I have yet to read a Binchy book that I didn't enjoy. Please give this novel a try. It's a great book to curl up with.
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Summary: Strong finish
Review: ...could not get into the premise of this book. Not the best Binchy.
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Summary: Be prepared.....
Review: Maeve Binchy does it again. In this book she brings you lives in a small town, with many little secrets, and one big one.Two young girls grow up together in a small town. For all intents and purposes, their lives, should end up being carbon copies of one another. However, one has a mother that doesn't quite fit in. She's from out of town and never quite fit the mold. As time goes on, both girls consider themselves inseparable until one major event in the town changes, their lives forever. From this point, their paths are changed, the mold is cast and they will never see things quite the same again. The rest of the town as well, reels from this event, bringing it from its sleepy complacency. However, as all children do, they grow up and start to stretch their horizons. A small connection to the past that helps one of the girls heal from the earlier events nearly tumbles her into a new despair. It is a situation she can't fathom and opens many old wounds. This story of Kit and Cleo, one of Maeve Binchy's fine novels, reminds you that things are not always what they seem and a point of view can change over time, when the world tests your character and your relationships.
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Summary: My favorite book by Maeve Binchy!
Review: If you are even slightly tempted to pick up a copy of this book, do it! It is a great story about Helen McMahon, a young mother living in Ireland in the 1950's. When the story begins, Helen is wondering how her life got to this sad point. Her family, made up of her husband, Martin, and her children, Kit and Emmet, thinks that all is well. One day she disappears, and the story has begun. It is a surprise to everyone in town that she had suicidal tendencies, as no one ever saw her act anything but cheerful. The consequences of her disappearance stay with her family and influence their lives from that day forward. We find out what happens to her family, and how they cope without this very important element. There are some major twists and turns along the way for her family, and indeed for other people close to them in the town of Lough Glass (the Glass Lake of the title), but suffice it to say that this is a book you do not want to miss! Maeve Binchy has done her absolute best work with this book, and it would be quite hard for any other author to top - it remains one of my favorite books of all time. And I know I'm not alone in rating it so highly. My summary does not really do the story justice, but I'm trying to give you enough information to want to read it without giving the whole story away. There is a lot more to the story, believe me, but you will have to read the book or other reviews to find out what happens. "The Glass Lake" is truly an excellent book!
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