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Me Want to Spend a Week at Stone House

Chicky falls in love with Walter, He convinces her to leave Stoneybridge in Ireland and come to New York with him, promising that they will always be together, Forever turns out to be a couple of months, Chicky is left alone in New York with no friends and no job, Luckily she finds work at Mrs, Cassiday's boarding house. Chicky doesn't want to go home and confess what a mess her life turned out to be, but Mrs, Cassiday finally convinces her and to her amazement, she loves being back, She loves it so much that she makes arrangements to buy Stone House from Miss Queenie Sheedy, Thus starts the plan to turn Stone House into a select hotel,

This is a delightful, sunny story that makes you feel good inside just reading about Stone House and all the marvelous characters, guests and staff, that help to make the hotel a reality.
The book is actually a series of short stories all tied together by the theme of preparing Stone House to become a hotel and welcome guests, Each story is complete, but they build on each other to compose the picture of the hotel and its guests,

I highly recommend this book if you're a fan of Maeve Binchy, or if you just want to curl up and take a journey of the imagination to Stone House on the coast of Ireland.


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I bought this book as soon as it came out but put off reading it since I knew it would be her last, Someone put on here that they didn't enjoy it as it just seemed like short stories, I am not a fan of short stories normally and this book does have a little of that feel but in each segment the other characters are all woven in.
Each chapter focuses on a certain guest, giving a "history" of sorts and how they ended up at stone house but as the chapter progresses, the other guests are brought in.
I did think though that at some point chicky's secret about Walter would be revealed, although I am glad it wasn't, I have always wanted to go to Ireland, and stone house sounded like a place I would love to get away to, I did really enjoy this last book of hers, not as much as some of her earlier works like Tara road which started me reading her books and circle of friends and others that I found amazing.
As I enjoyed it though I read with some sadness and wanting the book not to end as I knew there'd be no more, A Week in Winter by Maeve Binchy is another superb story

telling by Maeve Binchy, She loves her Ireland and everyone who reads her books gets the longing to visit that beautiful country, She introduces the characters through the chapters, starting with Chicky, Chicky becomes the proprietor of Stone House in Stoneybridge, She bought it with a life tenant clause for Ms, Queenie Sheedy, the remaining matriarch of Stoney House, They take in a white kitten named Gloria, Next comes her niece Orla, a more than capable business woman, and Rigger with Carmel Rigger is Nuatha's son, He was in reform school, His uncle asked Chicky to take a chance with him, Rigger and Carmel had twins a boy and a girl named Rosie and Macken, Rigger is straightening out. Each of the guest had a story too, wonderful reading. I can't believe there's a new novel by Maeve Binchy, I was just about to start rereading her older books, I look forward to it, I loved this book so much, I can't believe this was her last book and she is gone, I haven't read her in years but going to go back and start reading them when I can, I highly recommend this book, I fell in love with each character and the Inn as well, Ok so one of the characters I didn't fall in love with but felt sorry for her, I love how all of these people from all walks of life come together at this beautiful Inn and that you also get a glimpse into their lives and what brought them there.
Very touching. This was a great cozy, I love how MB can creat such ingenious characters that really stick with you, This story is a walk through the lives and backgrounds of a group of people who have never met and are from different places in the world, One week they all end up at a magical bed and breakfast, Not a paranormal place, just a place where it's history creates a sense and environment prone to heeling, MB makes it easy to get to know, care about and take journeys with all her wonderful characters, Fantastic picturesque scenery settings of the Irish coast helped bring long walks and cave adventures to life, The descriptions of the weather have spurred me onto starting some new fall and winter reads, Thank you Maeve Binchy, you are and will be missed, A Week in Winter was the last book written by Maeve Binchy before her death, Knowing that it was the last Maeve Binchy book made me a little melancholy before I even started reading, and a book set on the rocky and stormy Atlantic coast of Ireland will have plenty of melancholy already! I love books set in Ireland, and while this one offered no surprises to fans of Maeve Binchy, it transported me to Stone House, an inn opened by Chicky Starr with the help of Riggy a troubled young man who needs to find his way and Orla Chickys niece trying to find her place.
Separate chapters focus on each of these characters as well as an American actor who ends up there on a whim, a couple of doctors that are trying to recover from the tragedies theyve witnessed, a psychic librarian, a cantankerous school principal, a Swede torn between family duty and his love of music, a young girl and her nothappy future motherinlaw, and a prizewinning couple.
Each has a different story and separate reasons for being at Stone House, where they will hopefully mostly find hope and a way forward in their lives,

Unfortunately, Maeve Binchy did not get a chance to finish editing the book before her death, and in places, it shows, There are several awkward transitions, some characters that are not as welldeveloped as in her previous works, and some storylines that seem to be left unfinished, However, it is still Maeve Binchy, comforting and thoughtful storytelling,

Check out my blog at sitelinkwww, watchingthewords. com I was a little afraid to read this book because sometimes the last book before an author's death can be a little sad, a little unfinished, a little lacking.
That is not the case in this book, It's like Binchey waved a magic wand and sprinkled a writer's fairy dust on it while she wrote, I thought her last few ones had been a little weak but this one makes up for those, Binchey likes to intertwine characters from other novels into the new ones but this one is relatively sparse of connections, The characters eat at Quinns and there is some mention of the heart clinic but this is, basically, a clean slate of people to meet and enjoy,

Chicky Starr returns to Western Ireland after ayear stay in New York, She buys an old neighbor manor house and restores it to its original elegance and converts it into a holiday place for those whose spirits need rejuvenating, She adds a small group of helpers whose lives are changed in the renovation, The old spinster who owned the house is swept along and enjoys the time of her life, A young boy headed for delinquency has his life changed, When the guests arrive for the opening, they too have problems that need resolution, And in the peace and quiet of Stone House, find the resolution they need, As the waves crash on the shore, people reevaluate their lives and allow a little pixie dust to create small miracles,

Binchey's stories were my introduction to Ireland, I always wanted to find these little towns where people loved their land and were so welcoming, These towns had people who were so interesting that you felt like you could walk into their houses, sit down and have a conversation, They were so real. It was Binchey's genius that she made the setting and the people so realistic that you felt like you could reach out and touch them,

If you liked Binchey's writing, you will like this book, It is a fitting finale for a woman who has brought so much reading pleasure to me, I will miss her. I loved this unusual novel, Written more like a series of novellas than one long novel, this book deals with the different people who will eventually either work at Stone House or stay there for the inaugural week in the winter.


This book was written with Ms, Binchys usual style and grace, The story is a bit of a typical one for the author, as she had been known to do lovely things with words and to write about people going through hard times and seeing hope at the end of the tunnel.


The varieties of people who will be making up the visitors to the Inn are eclectic indeed and entirely entertaining, With each story being different yet part of a whole, the reader will never get bored or overly annoyed with a character they did not like, And there is at least one character that everyone will not like! With every page turn in this book, there is something new and fresh to look forward to.


Those who enjoy reading about Ireland will wholeheartedly love Ms, Maeve Binchy. Those who enjoy interesting and unusual characters and exceptional storytelling will have to look far and wide to find any other author of this caliber, .