Chestnut Street

While writing columns for The Irish Times and her bestselling novels, Maeve Binchy had in mind to write a book that revolved around one street with its many characters. Every once in a while, she would write about one of these people and put it in a drawer. "For the future," she would say. The future is now. Just around the corner from St. Jarlath's Crescent is Chestnut Street, where we encounter very different people with different life circumstances, occupations, and sensibilities. It is a pleasure to be part of this world with all of its joys and sorrows, to get to know the good and the bad and ultimately to have our hearts warmed once more by Maeve Binchy's storytelling.