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Star Sullivan
- Author
- Maeve Binchy
- Narrator
- Olivia Caffrey
- Publisher
- Orion
- Publish Date
- 11 April 2013
- Run Time
- 2 hours
- Format
- Audiobook
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What to expect
Star Sullivan just wanted everyone to be happy - her father to stop gambling, her mother not to work so hard, her brother to stay out of trouble, her sister to stop worrying about every little thing she ate.
Then the Hale family moved in next door, and from the moment Star saw 23-year-old Laddy Hale, everything began to change - until Star was no longer the sweet, thoughtful girl everyone loved and no one worried about...
Read by Olivia Caffrey
(p) 2006 Orion Publishing Group
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Warm, witty and with a deep understanding of what makes us tick, it's little wonder that Maeve Binchy's bewitching stories have become world-beaters
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Reading her books is like gossiping with old friends
DAILY EXPRESS
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She is the Queen of Fiction and one of the funniest and best-loved storytellers in the world . . . once you read Maeve you are hooked for life
IRISH TIMES
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What is Maeve Binchy's magic? Every time she publishes a novel the race is on to the armchair or the poolside seat, telephones fall eerily silent . . . Her great gift is to suck her reader into the drama of everyday lives without fuss . . . She relies on dialogue and on keeping up a cracking pace
DAILY MAIL
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Maeve Binchy is a master storyteller
NEW YORK TIMES
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Binchy . . . is a class act
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Details
- Author
- Maeve Binchy
- Narrator
- Olivia Caffrey
- Duration
- 2 hours
- Release Date
- 11 April 2013
- ISBN
- 9781409148470
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Orion
- Genre
- Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general, Narrative theme: love / relationships, Literacy (Theories of reading and writing), Family life fiction / Stories about family
Synopsis
Molly Sullivan said that the new baby was a little star. She was no trouble at all and she was always smiling, so she became known as Star and no one remembered that her name was Oona.Star Sullivan just wanted everyone to be happy - her father to stop gambling, her mother not to work so hard, her brother to stay out of trouble, her sister to stop worrying about every little thing she ate. Then the Hale family moved in next door, and from the moment Star saw 23-year-old Laddy Hale, everything began to change - until Star was no longer the sweet, thoughtful girl everyone loved and no one worried about...Read by Olivia Caffrey(p) 2006 Orion Publishing Group
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