Product Description

Kit McMahon lives in the small Irish town of Lough Glass, where everyone knows everyone; children who walk to school together grow up and become sweethearts and marry, people gossip and grumble and dream their lives away. For it is a place where change comes slowly. Until one day, beautiful, mysterious Helen McMahon disappears, presumed drowned in the lake, and then the gossip runs wild. The consequences for Helen's husband, her son, but above all for her daughter, Kit, are unimaginable and will leave not one of their lives unchanged.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #106156 in Books
• Published on: 1995-06-05
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 704 pages

Amazon.co.uk Review
The Glass Lake is a sly, seductive and compulsively readable book, perfect for rainy afternoons and late nights in bed. In the tradition of her beloved novel Circle of Friends, Irish novelist Maeve Binchey offers a wonderful old-fashioned melodrama with a contemporary cast of compelling characters.

About the Author
Maeve Binchy was born in County Dublin and came to fame first as London Correspondent for the IRISH TIMES. Her first novel, LIGHT A PENNY CANDLE, made her famous in the UK and USA. She lives in County Dublin with her husband, Gordon Snell.

Customer Reviews

Lough Glass
I first thought The Glass Lake would be a book about middle aged women wagging their fingers at everyone, but the character of Kit McMahon really appealed to me. She's young, like me, and goes through so much that you can really relate to. You have got to read this book. Just don't tell my friends I did.

Kate Binchy the narrator was splendid
It's the 1950's, Kit McMahon is a young woman living in a small town beside a lake. She believes her mother has committed suicide and when a friend of her mother's in London starts writing wonderful letters to her, a friendship blooms. Binchy's characters come alive she has captured the people, the time and the place perfectly. This book is definitely a page turner though not the sort of thing I usually choose to read. I didn't read this but listened to it on Audio Cassette read by Kate Binchy who brought the characters to life better than reading it myself could have done. Three days later her voice was still in my head.

UNPUTDOWNABLE BOOK
Having read some of Maeve Binchy's books in the past - not by buying them but by being given - I picked up this book for a holiday read. Once started I couldn't stop, you live the lives of the characters and can feel their joys and anxities. I will certainly be buying more from this in author in the future.