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100 1  Binchy, Maeve,|d1940-2012. 
245 10 MAEVE'S TIMES :|bIN HER OWN WORDS /|cMaeve Binchy ; edited
       by Róisín Ingle ; introduction by Gordon Snell. 
250    Large print edition. 
264  1 Waterville, Maine :|bThorndike Press,|c2014. 
264  4 |c©2013 
300    587 pages (large print) ;|c23 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
500    Selected essays as published in The Irish times over fifty
       years. 
505 00 |tIntroduction by Gordon Snell|gSixties --|tSchool Outing 
       --|tJust plane bores --|tBut does anybody care? --|tA 
       Turkish bath --|tLife as a waitress --|tBack to school --
       |tThinking about underwear down under --|tThe nonsense of 
       etiquette|gSeventies --|tThe world's greatest lies about 
       women --|tBaby blues --|tWomen are foold-Mary --|tWomen 
       are fools-Lorraine --|tWomen are fools-Sandy --|tPageantry
       and splendour at Westminster for the royal wedding --|tHow
       to speak --|tWho sent this postcard? --|tHoliday romance -
       -|tI was a winter sport --|tKeeping faith with my dear, 
       Dear Dublin --|tThe couple who behaved perfectly --|tA 
       snatch at some happiness --|tVanity of vanity, all is 
       vanity --|tA nice, traditional, normal sort of Patrick's 
       Day --|tThe day we nearly wrote a sex book --|tA week of 
       self-improvement --|tViolet --|tAnna's abortion --
       |tIdiotic queues --|tBathroom joggers --|tHappy 
       hypochondria --|tThe man in South Anne street --|tA magic 
       meeting --|tDo it honestly or not at all|gTwo news reports
       --|tHope and bitter memories|gEighties --|tThe tight to 
       die in your own home --|tWhen Beckett met Binchy --|tFit 
       for a queen --|tContraceptive conversation --|tThe happy 
       couple --|tEncounters at the airport --|tUp in the clouds 
       with Charlie Haughey --|tElection brings life to an ageing
       society --|tMaeve's operation: The whole story --|tKeeping
       cruise off the roads is new priority --|tDevelop your own 
       style --|tOne eye on bargains, One eye on alsatians --|tA 
       tipperary Robin Hood --|tMaeve on Margaret Thatcher --|tNo
       figs, no food, - it's no fun being fergie --|tIt was one 
       of those custard heart days --|tThe man who set up office 
       in the ladies --|tA royal romance spelling danger from the
       start --|tMaking a spectacle of myself|gNineties --|tEven 
       the presidents are getting youner --|tMy Theodora story --
       |tHeading for the hustings --|tPlease don't forget to 
       write --|tCasually elegant meets the mob --|tThey'll never
       let her go -|tThere is no excuse --|tFear of falling off 
       the wagon --|tGetting it right at the end --|tFor tired 
       read terrible --|tTraveller's tales - The call of the 
       check-in des--|tLove's last day out --|tA walk on the wild
       side --|tPeter panic attack --|tLittle person! Tiny 
       person! --|tFighting February --|tShe didn't do so badly -
       -|tCurmudgeons of summer  --|tThe fall --|tLet's talk 
       Gridlock --|t"They've gone and dumped Porillo..." --|tMrs 
       perfect --|tDeath in Kilburn --|tSaved by the wiles of 
       Cupid --|tJust don't ask --|tBleach sniffers on my desk --
       |tTalking on various ships passing in the night --|tSweet 
       dreams --|tStaving off the senior moments|g2000s --|tMr 
       Gageby --|tAnother world for the price of a cup of coffee 
       --|t'One up for the cardigans' --|tMy part in movies --
       |tStriking a pose for my country --|tTen things you must 
       never say to anyone with arthritis --|tWhat's it like to 
       have a house full of film crew? --|tLet me tell you all 
       about it --|tWill and Kate show is testaiment to abiding 
       allure of the royals|gPostscript --|t'I don't have any 
       regrets about any roads i didn't take...' (in conversation
       with Joanne Hunt) --|tEditor's acknowledgements. 
520    Collects the best of the author's essays from five decades
       of the "Irish Times" to reflect a changing culture as well
       as her observations on such topics as the royal wedding, 
       waitressing, and boring airline companions. 
650  0 English essays|xIrish authors. 
655  7 Large type books.|2local 
700 1  Ingle, Róisín,|eeditor. 
700 1  Snell, Gordon,|ewriter of introduction. 
730 0  Irish times (Dublin, Ireland : 1874)