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Scarlet Feather

By Maeve Binchy

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| Hardcover | 9780525945932

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Scarlet Feather is the catering company newly formed by cooking school friends Tom Feather and Cathy Scarlet. They're young and talented, they've made some smart connections, and they've found the perfect premises to make their new business the best in Dublin-but not everyone seems as pleased by theContinue

Scarlet Feather is the catering company newly formed by cooking school friends Tom Feather and Cathy Scarlet. They're young and talented, they've made some smart connections, and they've found the perfect premises to make their new business the best in Dublin-but not everyone seems as pleased by the idea of Scarlet Feather as they are.

Cathy's mother-in-law, already disapproving of her son's choice of a wife, thinks that Scarlet Feather is just a hobby and that Cathy should stay at home. Cathy's husband, Neil, a high-living civil rights lawyer pays no mind to anything-except his work. Tom's parents are disappointed he has turned his back on the family building business, and Tom's relationship with his beautiful, ambitious girlfriend, Marcella, begins to unravel as she struggles with career dreams of her own.

With the help of their family and friends, Tom and Cathy start to take Dublin by storm. While some things go according to plan, and their hard work begins to pay off, events occur that no one could have expected: The arrival of a precocious, troublesome twin niece and nephew to Cathy's home. Cathy's sister Marian, long since emigrated to Chicago, returning to Dublin in search of an "authentic" Irish wedding, replete with corned beef, cabbage, and leprechauns. And a troubled relative whose debts grow so great he will use any means necessary to get the money he needs-even if Scarlet Feather fails in the process.

Maeve Binchy at her very best, Scarlet Feather is a novel capturing one year in time. From New Year's Eve to New Year's Eve, readers will meet Tom Feather and Cathy Scarlet, their extended families, their many friends, and learn of the heartaches and triumphs, disappointments and joys, loves, losses, and sometimes even miracles, that can happen in time.

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  • Scarlet Feather By Maeve Binchy

    The luck of the Irish A good part of that luck is to have Maeve Binchy, who was our BookPage "cover girl" for March, writing novels about the Ireland she lives in. Her latest, Scarlet Feather, is charmingly read by Caroline Winterson in this audio pr ... (read full critics)

    bookpage published on Mon, 13 Sep 2010

  • Scarlet Feather By Maeve Binchy

    aeve Binchy: finding the heroes among ordinary peopleWhen stuck in traffic, Maeve Binchy doesn't lose her temper, she takes notes. "I watch people. I'll wonder about this woman I bet she's out for her first date. And that man knows his son is on drug ... (read full critics)

    bookpage published on Sun, 12 Sep 2010

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  • This is actually a very good book. The characters are very real and believable, and some of them are quite likable. The story is pretty compelling. I really didn't want to put the book down for the last quarter or so - really wanted to see what happened to these people, but...

    it's not a ve ... (continue)

    This is actually a very good book. The characters are very real and believable, and some of them are quite likable. The story is pretty compelling. I really didn't want to put the book down for the last quarter or so - really wanted to see what happened to these people, but...

    it's not a very happy book. For the most-part, it seemed to be a lesson in Murphy's Law: whatever can go wrong, will. So while it was "good", I'm not sure it was "enjoyable". There were moments, but in general, I think I prefer books that make me laugh and smile more than they make me cry. This one definitely belongs in that latter catagory.

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    Bashful said on Jul 18, 2009 | Add your feedback

  • Scarlet Feather

    This is the story of a tumultuous year in the lives of Cathy Scarlet and Tom Feather as they try to start a catering business in Dublin. This is my third Binchy book. I enjoyed it but it didn't ignite my wanderlust like the other two did. However I did enjoy the characters enough to want to check ... (continue)

    This is the story of a tumultuous year in the lives of Cathy Scarlet and Tom Feather as they try to start a catering business in Dublin. This is my third Binchy book. I enjoyed it but it didn't ignite my wanderlust like the other two did. However I did enjoy the characters enough to want to check out Quentins and see who shows up there.

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    Readingrat said on Dec 5, 2008 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

  • Well nothing amazing really... nice, fast to read... Something optimistic, but I wasn't particularly moved by it...!

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    Katia Guido said on Sep 10, 2007 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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