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Title: Heart and Soul

Author: Maeve Binchy

Narrator: Sile Bermingham

Format: Abridged

Length: 6 hrs and 29 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-17-09

Publisher: Random House Audio

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 13 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Dr. Clara Casey has been offered the thankless job of establishing the underfunded clinic and agrees to take it on for a year. She has plenty on her plate already - two difficult adult daughters and the unwanted attentions of her exhusband - but she assembles a wonderfully diverse staff devoted to helping their demanding, often difficult patients: the infectiously cheerful nurse; the indispensable office manager who can't quite manage her own life; the Polish girl who's come to Ireland to put a bad love affair firmly in her past and the booming Irish economy in her future; the young doctor who has a special touch with his patients; the physical therapist who undertakes a very different kind of therapy involving a local priest and a stalker.

Before long, they manage to establish the clinic as an essential part of the community and Clara must decide whether or not to leave a place where lives are saved, courage is rewarded, and humor and optimism triumph over greed and self-pity.

Heart and Soul is Maeve Binchy at her heartwarming, storytelling best.

Critic Reviews:

"The collective, charming effect of these story lines suggests that individuals are more connected than they might think." (Publishers Weekly)

"Only a curmudgeon could resist this master of cheerful, read-by-the-fire comfort." (Kirkus Reviews)

Members Reviews:

Okay, Could have used an editor

I guess you generally get the point, but I thought this was hard to read. It jumped from character to character paragraph to paragraph. I never knew who I was reading about until it was almost time to switch to someone else. It assumed that you knew some of the characters (like David). I saw a few typos (like Aiden was spelled Aden, once). Overall, I'm a little disappointed I paid for this book.

Every once in a while I feel like I need a dose of Maeve Binchy

Every once in a while I feel like I need a dose of Maeve Binchy! Her books, while somewhat light, have interesting and very human characters. I think the ones in this particular book are inspiring for the way they all work together and support each other. I recommend this book!

Another Great Book By Maeve

I became a HUGE Maeve Binchy fan after reading my 1st book. I'd really like to give this 3.5 stars b/c it is better than just liking it. None of her books I have put down & thought "Wow, that was one of the best books I have ever read", which is when I would give 5 stars now but I usually smile & think "That was really good". She writes a lot of short stories, which I don't care for & some of them don't end they just stop, which really drives me crazy. Another style of hers is to write a chapter about each character but tie them all together in a place or theme & those seem more like a one story so you don't notice so much that it is really short stories. But this, & several others of hers, are what you would call a regular novel & I totally enjoyed it. Originally I got it from the library but liked it so much I wanted my own copy, as I have done w/ quite a few of hers. Once I start one of her books I can hardly put it down till I finish it & I will reread all the ones I have, probably more than once.

Maeve Binchy is like a good friend you are always happy to visit ...

Maeve Binchy is like a good friend you are always happy to visit with again.