- Paperback: 272 pages
- Publisher: Arrow; New edition edition (Feb 27 1994)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0099604302
- ISBN-13: 978-0099604303
- Product Dimensions: 17.2 x 11 x 2.2 cm
- Shipping Weight: 159 g
- Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,000,791 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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From Publishers Weekly
The arrangements for celebrating Desmond and Deirdre Doyle's forthcoming silver wedding anniversary fall to Anna, their eldest daughter, who works in a pretentious London bookshop. Anna proceeds to make a list of guests, most important of whom, besides her parents and herself, are her sister Helen, brother Brendan, and three other participants in the wedding ceremony: the best man, Frank Quigley; Maureen Barry, the maid of honor; and Father Hurley. Each leisurely chapter deals with one of these characters, detailing their lives in the 25 years since the Doyle's marriage. Binchy ( Firefly Summer) exhibits her gift for astute and loving characterization as she examines the way relationships and families work. She engagingly delineates the pressures, both stated and unstated, that repel or attract, the striving for approval from parents and lovers. At the silver wedding celebration, when the obligatory photograph is taken for the family album, the reader knows well what fears and doubts, secrets and achievements lie behind the happy smiles. Readers Digest Condensed Book selection; BOMC featured alternate; major ad/promo.
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
Review
"A rousing good story.... Laughter and tears: it's what Binchy does best."—San Francisco Chronicle
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
a realistic heart-wrenching one by Binchy,
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This review is from: Silver Wedding (Mass Market Paperback)
This is possibly Binchy's most realistic book on family life and human relationships. Several people -- including their three children -- are gathering for Desmond and Deirdre's 25th wedding anniversary. Each chapter is devoted to a different character and where they are in their lives, how they got there, and how it affects their comfort level at the celebration when they encounter the others, including the long-married couple.Among them are Deirdre and Desmond themselves (in separate chapters), their daughter Anna who just got unmistakable proof her boyfriend is cheating on her, their clumsy silly daughter Helen who has joined a convent as a means of finding peace with her place in the world (and is messing up anyway), their son Brendan who has gone to work on their reclusive uncle's farm and is debating whether to attend the party at all. Then there are those who served as best man and maid of honor years ago, as well as co-workers. And Deirdre and Desmond's relationship as well... This book will leave you with a slightly unsettled sense, just like many complicated relationships in real life do. At first I didn't like the book for it but, upon the second reading, perhaps that is what makes it so good!!!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
Everyone has a tale to tell,
By "fearlessfosdick" (Singapore Singapore) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Silver Wedding (Mass Market Paperback)
I started this book as I felt in need for something mild and soothing for the heart.Desmond¡s and Deirdre¡s silver wedding anniversary was central to the whole story. Through this upcoming event, several characters¡ stories unfolded. Anna, the eldest daughter, blindly in love with an out-of-work author; Helen, the youngest, struggling to become a nun; Brendan, the only son who went against the norms and his parents¡ wishes to work in a farm in Ireland. Also weaved into the story was Frank, the best man, a successful business man, though slightly less successful in the affairs of the heart, Father Hurley, the priest who married the couple twenty-five years ago, and feisty Maureen, Deirdre¡s best friend. These were ordinary characters, but what would make the reader go on is that each of the character had its own unique tale to tell, from managing family relationships, to hidden and secret affairs of the heart. I felt a slight disappointment, however, at the end of the book as it left me with a sense of non-fulfillment. We were given insights to the problems but were not shown solutions. For instance, Deirdre¡s uneasy relationship with her children did not appear to be improved and Maureen¡s relationship with Walter did not develop further. Maybe this is the author¡s reflection of the real world, that not every question has an answer to it.
4.0 out of 5 stars
silver wedding review,
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This review is from: Silver Wedding (Mass Market Paperback)
I found Silver Wedding to be on the better side of all of Binchy's books, but not all that great. I had trouble choosing between a 3 & 4 for the stars but chose 4 because it wasn't bad enough to be a 3. It was good in the sense that there was a section foreach character & it all started to pull together. It did get boring sometimes, though & I didn't like the ending. Binchy does have a talent and it can make you feel like part of the book, sometimes loving or hating the characters. I would say, in the end, it was worth reading & enjoyable.
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