Maeve Binchy’s Evening Class—comfort fiction or structural masterclass?

This week, bestselling author Tess Woods joins us to discuss her all-time favourite Maeve Binchy novel: Evening Class. It’s a quiet, sprawling book with no clear protagonist, barely a plot, and somehow...it works.

In this episode, we explore:

- Why “quiet” doesn’t mean boring

- The weirdly satisfying moment when a character locks her mum in the bathroom

- How Maeve’s “everyday” prose masks big emotional arcs

- What makes a book comforting enough to reread

- The surprising real-life person Tess became friends with because of this novel

Plus:💋 We rate it: Kiss, Kill, or Marry?📚 Book recs from Tess, including The Bridges of Madison County, Looking for Alibrandi, and The Paper Palace

Next up: The Names by Florence Knapp

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