Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #8371 in Books
• Published on: 2007-09-20
• Released on: 2007-09-20
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 272 pages

Customer Reviews

A must read for all maeve binchy fans
I didn't expect to enjoy this book, as I am not an avid lover of short stories. Howeve, each litle tome is relevant to Christmas, and each has a point to make, which ultimately leaves one with a "feel good" factor

Unfair to Maeve -- not a rip-off!
It really isn't fair to accuse Maeve Binchy of 'ripping people off' and she'd be very upset to hear people thought that. I happen to know the history of this book: no, absolutely, the stories aren't new, but yes, it is a new publication in this country.

Maeve has always written short stories for newspapers and magazines in the UK and Ireland; some years ago her Australian publisher asked to see some of her Christmas stories with a view to putting together a collection. Maeve agreed; and a collection of summer stories [The Return Journey followed]. Soon after, the American publishers asked for them and then one after another other languages and other territories published their own versions. The collection was never published in the UK precisely because Maeve didn't want to 'rip people off'; these stories had appeared in the press in the Ireland and the UK. The UK publishers were only allowed to publish the collections in their overseas territories despite the numberous requests from UK and Irish readers for the book. So anyone who has already read these stories has either bought them in another country's edition or airside in an airport advertised as 'not available in UK/Irish shops'. It has taken this long to persuade Maeve to allow the Christmas collection to be published in the UK; the summer collection will follow in a year or so.

So not a rip-off; just the first UK/Irish publication catching up with the rest of the world.

no review
Having read the other reviews i will not be purchasing Return Journey. I have bought ms Bincheys short stories before and found the same stories under a different title. It is all very disappointing, but you can't expect a person to go on for ever having new ideas. Maybe its time the pen was retired.