- Mass Market Paperback: 768 pages
- Publisher: Dell Publishing Company; First THUS edition (April 1996)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0440221595
- ISBN-13: 978-0440221593
- Product Dimensions: 10.6 x 3.1 x 17.5 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,703,024 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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The Glass Lake is a sly, seductive and compulsively readable book, perfect for rainy afternoons and late nights in bed. In the tradition of her beloved novel Circle of Friends, Irish novelist Maeve Binchey offers a wonderful old-fashioned melodrama with a contemporary cast of compelling characters.
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A tangled, touching story of love, loss and misunderstanding from the No.1 bestselling author.
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KIT always thought that the Pope had been at her mother and father's wedding. Read the first page
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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I read this book years ago and bought the kindle version recently. I ended up purchasing the book as well. I was using kindle on my iPhone and unlike other Maeve Binchy books I've purchased via Kindle, the translation was awful. I thought at first that the OCR hadn't been edited properly, but other errors were obviously manual. Extra line spaces were also added between paragraphs which meant that there was not much to read on a lot of the pages.
As far as the story is concerned it's great. A mother leaves her husband and children in Ireland to live in London with an old flame but for various reasons is thought to have committed suicide/died in a boating accident. As you would expect, she is unable to live without contact with her children and there follows the story.
As far as the story is concerned it's great. A mother leaves her husband and children in Ireland to live in London with an old flame but for various reasons is thought to have committed suicide/died in a boating accident. As you would expect, she is unable to live without contact with her children and there follows the story.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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I have read most Maeve Binchy novels and devoured them but this was not one of my favourites. Although it started off well enough and had a good story in it, I thought that the plot was somewhat stretched out by the length of the book, there wasn't enough of a story to fill nearly 700 pages. Consequently I found it dragged in places, which was a shame because as usual it's written with the author's customary warmth and talent for storytelling, and I think in a shorter version it would have been better. I also agree with another reviewer that the ending was a bit of a let down.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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Kit McMahon is 12 years old when her mother disappears. Before that her life had been relatively simple. She had grown up in the lakeside village of Lough Glass with her family and known all the people of the village. But everything changes when Helen McMahon disappears and Kit finds a note on her father's bed.... This is an intriguing, emotional story, but it has its funny parts too. Buy it.
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A bit too long for me...
Although I love Maeve Binchy books this one went on for too long for me. I even contemplated reading the last chapter before I got to it just to get it over and done with!!
Published 25 days ago by Barbara Neal
Not Maeve Binchy's best
Kit McMahon is a young girl living in the small village of Lough Glass, where everyone knows each other. Read more
Published 12 months ago by A. L. Rutter
ideal summer reading, a lovely taste of Ireland in the 1950s
This book was recommended to me by a friend, I've never read a Binchy book, not really my kind of thing, but I thought I'd give it a go. Read more
Published 22 months ago by L. Bretherton
The Glass Lake
story set in the 1950's gives a good insight into 1950's Ireland told in an amusing way... the fear of the catholic church, the fear of what the neighbours might think, small town... Read more
Published on 6 Nov 2009 by L Murphy
the glass lake
I have to say this is the best book I have ever read this book sucks you in and the characters seem to come to life totally brilliant.
Published on 21 Jun 2008 by Mrs. June Salmon
night owl
I have read most of Maeve Binchy's books, but this is by far the best, how refreshing to read a book, where you cannot imagine what the end will be. I loved it. Read more
Published on 12 April 2008 by Lissys Nan
a gripping read
sleepy village life means life seems to be passing Helen McMahon by. Married with two children, it seems an idyl life. Read more
Published on 28 Sep 2007 by Bj Lucas
I can not put this book down!!
I am in the middle of reading this book and i can not express how GOOD this book is, its been keeping me up til all hours of the night reading! Read more
Published on 8 Jan 2004 by "missglitters"
UNPUTDOWNABLE BOOK
Having read some of Maeve Binchy's books in the past - not by buying them but by being given - I picked up this book for a holiday read. Read more
Published on 2 Oct 2003 by Mrs M A Tilbury
Kate Binchy the narrator was splendid
It's the 1950's, Kit McMahon is a young woman living in a small town beside a lake. She believes her mother has committed suicide and when a friend of her mother's in London... Read more
Published on 23 Aug 2002 by "pennymwood2"
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