The Glass Lake by Maeve Binchy Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of The Glass Lake
Book Review: Gets Better As You Go
Summary: 4 Stars
This is the second Maeve Binchy book I've read. Although it took me a while to get into the book, the second half more than made up for the slow beginning. The ending is superb and not at all predictable. Stick with it!Book Review: The Best of Binchy is Written Here!
Summary: 5 Stars
This was truly the best of Binchy that I have ever read. Kit McMahon knew her mother was desparately unhappy when she saw her at the kitchen table one day crying. Then suddenly one day, her mom Helen McMahon takes a walk by the lake; never to return again. When a body was found, she was presumed dead. But what no one really knew, was that the body they buried, was not that of Helen McMahon's, but someone else's. Helen was off leading another life, unbeknownst to her family.
Later,Kit will discover the truth about her mother, but keeps it a deep secret.
Book Review: A wonderful novel!
Summary: 4 Stars
Maeve Binchy redeems herself again with this novel ~~ even though it's not as comfy as her previous novels. It has a darker undertone than her others ~~ but still, Binchy writes riveting of her characters that makes you keep turning the pages. Kit has a deep secret ~~ tormented by the possible fact that her mother committed suicide, she finds a letter on her dad's pillow and burns it without even reading it. And this is the story of a tormented daughter and her mother, Helena, who had run away with her first love. Somehow they get past through all the deceptions and found each other again ~~ and this is their stories.
It is a book that delves deeper into darker questions ~~ how could a woman just abandon her children and let them believe that she is dead? Then Binchy writes convincingly of Lena's love for her children and how she longs to see them again ~~ pushing aside her doubts and fears. It is a book that makes you stop and question ~~ what would I do if I were in her shoes?
This is one of Maeve's finest and a keeper in my personal library!
12-18-03
Book Review: Be prepared.....
Summary: 5 Stars
I obtained a copy of this book while I was at university. Let's just say that I did little else for a week but read this book. This is one of Maeve Binchy's best books. Another favourite is Light a Penny Candle.Book Review: How we all make our own lives
Summary: 5 Stars
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.