Well today I have edited my book blog and then I was looking around some other blogs and noticed the "I'm very Nice" tag. I clicked on it followed all the instructions on how to download this to my blog page. Every time I try to post this, it says there are illegal characters in the URL. I guess I'm not as nice as I thought, hahahaha.
All this to say I got a real good laugh out of trying to download something that says I'm Nice and the internet disagrees. I guess I need to Nice up a bit before I can have the label. Really, how did they know I'm not very nice???
Sunday, January 9, 2011
Minding Frankie by Maeve Binchy
I was excited to see Maeve Binchy had a new book. I thought she retired a few years ago and I’m so happy to find out she hasn’t.
Wow, what a great story. Maeve Binchy sure doesn’t disappoint in this story of a dying pregnant woman who wants to make sure her baby is cared for. The baby will be delivered by C section and when that occurs, the mother will die. Her body has been abused by liquor and drugs and just can’t go any more. In desperation she requests to see a man named Noel. The young man is a drunk, but does manage to hold down a job. Liquor has taken over his life and is in the midst of ruining it, and as he goes to the hospital at the request of the dying woman he is told he is the father of the baby and she wants him to take care of her little girl when she dies. She has named her unborn baby ‘Frankie’. Of course, he is overwhelmed and says she has to be wrong, he isn’t the father of the baby. Since the woman isn’t married, along comes the ‘social worker’ who will put this newborn in a family that can truly give her all the things she needs in life. She has no confidence that this ‘drunk’ can change his life around and care for the baby the way it should be taken care of. The ‘social worker’ works hard to find fault with the way the baby is being looked after but she isn’t successful. You will see the true sense of community and support for this little family of two. The way Binchy intertwines the stories and secrets of the characters is brilliant.
If you have read any other Maeve Binchy books, you will see some of her past characters in this book as well as familiar places. I wanted to go find the rest of my Maeve Binchy books and reread them so I could place the characters of this book better. The character development is great, Binchy has a way of making you see and feel what her characters are going through. There were times I was so mad at Noel and disgusted with Moira the social worker that I wanted to get into the book and straighten them out.
I would highly recommend this book to anyone who wants a good read. I did notice the lack of the Irish accent in this book. Binchy usually includes phrases used in the Irish language and you can't help but read it with an Irish accent. Sadly, this was missing and it made me go on a search to see if Binchy herself was actually writing the book or if it was a ghost writer. Relax, it is Binchy herself. If you have never read Maeve Binchy then I urge you to try her books, she is a fantastic writer. Enjoy!
Wow, what a great story. Maeve Binchy sure doesn’t disappoint in this story of a dying pregnant woman who wants to make sure her baby is cared for. The baby will be delivered by C section and when that occurs, the mother will die. Her body has been abused by liquor and drugs and just can’t go any more. In desperation she requests to see a man named Noel. The young man is a drunk, but does manage to hold down a job. Liquor has taken over his life and is in the midst of ruining it, and as he goes to the hospital at the request of the dying woman he is told he is the father of the baby and she wants him to take care of her little girl when she dies. She has named her unborn baby ‘Frankie’. Of course, he is overwhelmed and says she has to be wrong, he isn’t the father of the baby. Since the woman isn’t married, along comes the ‘social worker’ who will put this newborn in a family that can truly give her all the things she needs in life. She has no confidence that this ‘drunk’ can change his life around and care for the baby the way it should be taken care of. The ‘social worker’ works hard to find fault with the way the baby is being looked after but she isn’t successful. You will see the true sense of community and support for this little family of two. The way Binchy intertwines the stories and secrets of the characters is brilliant.
If you have read any other Maeve Binchy books, you will see some of her past characters in this book as well as familiar places. I wanted to go find the rest of my Maeve Binchy books and reread them so I could place the characters of this book better. The character development is great, Binchy has a way of making you see and feel what her characters are going through. There were times I was so mad at Noel and disgusted with Moira the social worker that I wanted to get into the book and straighten them out.
I would highly recommend this book to anyone who wants a good read. I did notice the lack of the Irish accent in this book. Binchy usually includes phrases used in the Irish language and you can't help but read it with an Irish accent. Sadly, this was missing and it made me go on a search to see if Binchy herself was actually writing the book or if it was a ghost writer. Relax, it is Binchy herself. If you have never read Maeve Binchy then I urge you to try her books, she is a fantastic writer. Enjoy!
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