- Nights of Rain and Stars
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Nights of Rain and Stars Author(s) Maeve Binchy Country Ireland Language English Genre(s) Romance Publisher Orion Publication date 25 August 2004 (1st edition) Media type Print (hardcover) Pages 336 (hardcover edition) ISBN ISBN 0-75285-166-7 Nights of Rain and Stars is a romance novel by Maeve Binchy.
Plot
In a small town in Greece, a group of people witness a boating accident and subsequently become tangled in each other's lives. Thomas is a Californian university professor escaping from the tense relationship between him and his remarried ex-wife, and their son, who he adores. Elsa, the beautiful German blonde, resigned from her successful television job to escape her ex-boyfriend, who she still loves. Irish Fiona couldn't stand her family and friends' resentful attitudes towards her boyfriend, Shane, so they went to peaceful Greece. David, a kind English man, doesn't want to take over his father's business like his family wants and expects, and instead decides to travel. These strangers meet in a tavern in peaceful Aghia Anna underneath the stars, and soon they are the closest of friends. Vonni, a native who too escaped her family many years ago, becomes involved in all their lives and together they form bonds and discover things about each other and themselves that they never could have anticipated.
Publication history
- 2004, Ireland/UK/Australia, Orion ISBN 0-75285-166-7, Pub date 25 August 2004, Hardback
- 2004, USA, Dutton ISBN 0-525-94754-X, Pub date 21 September 2004, Hardback
- 2005, USA, Dutton ISBN 0-451-21446-3, Pub date 28 June 2005, Paperback
- 2005, Ireland/UK/Australia, Orion ISBN 978-0-7528-6536-2, Pub date 29 June 2005, Paperback
References
Works by Maeve Binchy Novels Light a Penny Candle (1982) · Firefly Summer (1987) · Circle of Friends (1990) · The Copper Beech (1992) · The Glass Lake (1994) · Evening Class (1998) · Tara Road (1998) · Scarlet Feather (2000) · Quentins (2002) · Nights of Rain and Stars (2004) · Whitethorn Woods (2006) · Heart and Soul (2008)
Short fiction The Lilac Bus (1984)
Non-fiction Aches and Pains (1999)
Categories:- 2004 novels
- Irish novels
- Romance novels
- Romance novel stubs
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