Minding Frankie
An uplifting novel of community and kindness
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4.0 • 98 Ratings
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- £5.49
Publisher Description
'Binchy weaves her magic once again in an addictive story about families and people who aren't always quite what they seem' Woman & Home
Baby Frankie is born into an unusual family. Her mother is desperate to find someone to take care of her child and she doesn't have much time.
Noel doesn't seem to be the most promising of fathers but despite everything, he could well be Frankie's best hope.
As for Lisa, she is prepared to give up everything for the man she loves; surely he's going to love her back?
And Moira is having none of it. She knows what's right, and has the power to change the course of Frankie's life...but Moira is hiding secrets of her own.
Sink into this beautiful and uplifting novel about a community coming together to raise a child, filled with warmth and wisdom from the world's favourite storyteller, Maeve Binchy.
REAL READER REVIEWS
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'Maeve Binchy's books are like sitting curled up in your favourite armchair with a steaming mug of hot chocolate.'
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'This will make you smile and cry, it will tug at your heart strings
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'You really come to care about her characters, almost as if they are part of a vast family.'
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'Truly a page turner. It was sad in places and you cry, then you cry for joy in other places.'
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'A great book to snuggle up with in a comfy chair and forget your own (minor) troubles for a few hours.'
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Bestseller Binchy is a national treasure in her homeland of Ireland, and her latest novel is a perfect illustration of why. Old-fashioned and newfangled are totally compatible in contemporary Dublin, where lonely, hard-drinking slacker Noel Lynch discovers he's about to be a single dad now that the one-night-stand/mother of his child, Stella, is dying. Suddenly, the salt-of-the-earth residents of St. Jarlath's Crescent and Noel's resourceful American cousin, Emily, spring into action to keep Noel sober, fire up his ambitions, appease militant social worker Moira, and help raise baby Frankie. It's a hair-raising, heartwarming juggling act for Noel, his quirky roommate Lisa, do-gooder Emily, and a neighborhood crowded with eccentric characters and adorable pooches including one with a handsome inheritance. Binchy (Heart and Soul) straddles improbable and possible in her touching saga, and if your mind can't quite wrap itself around St. Jarlath's Crescent, your heart will have no trouble recognizing the landscape.
Customer Reviews
Minding Frankie
I have just finished reading this book for the fourth time and every time have cried tears of laughter and with some sadness. It's the most uplifting and moving story I have ever read and the characters are mostly loveable, individual and of a community one could only dream about.
No doubt I shall continue to read this book again....and again.