Stars: 4
Review by: Miss Lucy
This is a collection of character sketches / short stories. The commonality is that they all include at least one resident of Chestnut Street in Dublin. Maeve Binchy was so talented to have thought of so many different characters with their own interesting quirks and back stories. There was a bit of interweaving of characters throughout the stories, but I wished there was a bit more of this, or that the characters mentioned from other stories would be mentioned in closer proximity to the story in which they cameoed, so that I could remember better who they were. But I know that these stories were collected from Binchy's files after she passed away, and published with her family's approval. I fully expect that she would have polished this collection into a more cohesive whole once she was ready to publish it. Notwithstanding that one criticism, Chestnut Street is a thoroughly delightful and enjoyable read! Good for book groups, too.
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