Read and Download Ebook The Return Journey... The Return Journey Maeve Binchy PDF File: The Return Journey... 1 Read and Download Ebook The Return Journey... The Return Journey Maeve Binchy The Return Journey Maeve Binchy In this extraordinary collection of stories, the New York Times-bestselling author of Evening Class and This Year It Will Be Different once again reveals her incomparable understanding of matters of the heart. In The Return Journey, Maeve Binchy brings us sons and lovers, daughters and strangers, husbands and wives in their infinite variety--powerfully compelling stories of love, loss, revelation, and reconciliation. A secretary's silent passion for her boss meets the acid test on a business trip....A man and a woman's mutual disdain at first sight shows how deceptive appearances can be....An insecure wife clings to the illusion of order, only to discover chaos at the hands of a house sitter who opens the wrong doors....A pair of star- crossed travelers take each other's bags, and then learn that when you unlock a stranger's suitcase, you enter a stranger's life. In their company are many more, whose poignant, ironic, often humorous stories-- unforgettable slices of life--make up The Return Journey, a spellbinding trip into the human heart. Maeve Binchy was born and educated in Dublin. She is the author of the bestselling books Evening Class, This Year It Will Be Different, The Glass Lake, The Copper Beech, The Lilac Bus, Circle of Friends, Silver Wedding, Firefly Summer, Echoes, Light a Penny Candle, and London Transports, three volumes of short stories, two plays, and a teleplay that won three awards at the Prague Film Festival. She has been writing for The Irish Times since 1969 and lives with her husband, Gordon Snell, in Dublin. From the Hardcover edition. The Return Journey Details Date : Published (first published 1998) ISBN : Author : Maeve Binchy Format : Kindle Edition 244 pages Genre : Fiction, Short Stories, Cultural, Ireland, Womens Fiction, Chick Lit, Romance Download The Return Journey ...pdf Read Online The Return Journey ...pdf Download and Read Free Online The Return Journey Maeve Binchy PDF File: The Return Journey... 2 Read and Download Ebook The Return Journey... From Reader Review The Return Journey for online ebook Don says If I say that "The Return Journey" is typical Maeve Binchy and you don't know who Maeve Binchy is, you might decide not to read this remarkable treasury of short stories. But if you have ever experienced the wonder of Binchy's writing, you'll run right out and pick it up. The fourteen stories which comprise this volume are quite different from one another in tone and theme. But they all have certain things in common. All deal in one way or another with travel. All show the profound understanding of humankind which is a hallmark of Binchy's writing. All are well worth reading and all are unforgettable. It's impossible to highlight a few since each and every selection deserves your attention. If you are looking for a terrific way to end your summer reading, I can't recommend this book highly enough. Susan says Normally I LOVE Maeve Binchy. I love the style she has of intertwining characters and stories, showing that the world is really a small place. I love her warm, friendly characters who all seem so real it makes you want to know them, to be friends with him, to be included in their circle. But this one was a disappointment. There was no intertwining of stories, no characters who at first seem random, but somehow become connected in some way later on. It is several small sections, each with its own set of characters who never meet up or connect with the next story's set of chracters. In fact, each story seems unfinished. You "meet" the character or characters, something happens to set the story in motion, and just as you get to the climax of the story where you expect the conflict to start resolving, it moves on to the next story, the characters of the last never to be heard from again. What happens to the uptight couple whose young neighbor invites herself along on their vacation as a way of avoiding her presumably abusive boyfriend? Or to the 2 people who mistakenly take eachother's bags at the airport and get a small glimpse of each other's lives? Or the people who randomly meet on their vacation and spend a lovely morning together and so obviously don't want to part but are too reserved/polite to admit feelings that most people would be shocked at in such a short time because it sounds insane? Do they end up abandoning pretenses and going for what they want? Do they return to their every day lives and regret not "seizing the day"? What are the consequenses? The world will never know...because each of their stories ends at that pivotal moment. So you don't know whether the decision they make works out or whether it leads to regret. You're left to ponder "what happened to them?" Some people might really like that. But I'm a person who likes to read to put myself in that position...to live in someone else's shoes for a while and have myself an adventure...and then return home feeling satisfied and as if I've made some new friends. I like to know what happened to the people I came to meet and care about, or loathe as the case may be. And with this book, I can only suppose. It's not for me. Mary says This is a collection of short stories in which Maeve Binchy introduces us to sons, brothers, fathers, mothers, PDF File: The Return Journey... 3 Read and Download Ebook The Return Journey... sisters and lovers. She looks at the relationships and the affect of love on her characters. I have to say that although I usually love Maeve Binchy as an author and am definitely willing to give anything she has written a fighting chance to take me away; I found this particular book lacking in parts. I had read this book before several years ago and of course had forgotten what it was like. I will definitely still read Maeve Binchy again but, in my opinion, this was a weak book. I give it a C! Chloe says I hate short stories, so I don't know why I keep trying with them. These are all short stories about relationships, travel, etc. Each one is 20 pages or less I think, and just like with other short stories, I feel like it finally got to the point when it ended. I enjoyed some stories more than others, but overall I felt like it was a sludge to get through it. I considered DNF'ing it because even the most enjoyable stories weren't ones that I really cared about or got too invested in, but I'm terrible at DNF'ing so I didn't. All that being said, I know this is a harsh review and if you like short stories, you might like this one. I just personally don't and there weren't any that were good enough to change my mind on that. Yvonne Mendez says Maeve Binchy is one of my favorite authors and continues to be. Normally her stories include many unique characters who are interrelated to each other. In this case, each chapter is an unique story, all of the stories have to do with vacations and in them you feel like you're getting a quick peek at people's lives. This book reminds me a lot of real life, you may meet someone and get to know their present and past, but you might never know what happened next and you move on. This is a light read that will entertain you, but won't cause deep moral dilemmas or attempts to solve a mystery. Christina says For the most part I enjoyed these travel related short stories which is why I rated them an overall score of 3 1/2 stars. If you are looking for the same interweaving tales that you get from a Maeve Binchy novel, you won’t find that in this collection. For that you either need to invest more time and read her novels or if you prefer short stories, maybe read something from Isak Dinesen instead. However this is perfect if you are looking for something light that you can read while waiting at the drs. or if you have a couple hours to spare. This is an interesting collection of vignettes, simple and relatable. In a few instances I might have have wished the story hadn’t concluded so soon but the best part about a short story is that you get just enough to get a taste. Maureen Grigsby says What is more cozy than reading a book by Maeve Binchy? PDF File: The Return Journey... 4 Read and Download Ebook The Return Journey... Stephanie Holcomb says Maeve Binchy can infuriate me sometimes. It's like she has a contract for 3 books, and the first is well thought out with an interesting story and characters you can relate to and sympathize with, unique in all aspects and with some twists and turns you don't expect. But maybe that first book takes a lot of time to write, so she contractually has to write 2 more, and they are hurriedly written with no core, characters and stories that are boring and really normal and nothing exciting, so when you finish the book you think, "WHAT was that?" It's honestly like you are reading someone entirely different.