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No nightingales, no snakes

Decisions at sea: Tessa, an overlooked but good-tempered secretary, heads out on a cruise where she faces a big decision.

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  • "Answer machine"
  • "Stepson"
  • "Time we get to clifden"
  • "Decisions at sea"
  • "Night people came in for something that was no trouble"

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  • "Ireland is neither cursed with snakes, nor blessed with nightingales, and the characters in Maeve Binchy's fiction occupy the same middle ground. These five stories feature modern Irishwomen emerging from a culture where they knew their place into a more hazardous, but more rewarding light."
  • "Decisions at sea: Tessa, an overlooked but good-tempered secretary, heads out on a cruise where she faces a big decision."
  • "Decisions at sea: Tessa, an overlooked but good-tempered secretary, heads out on a cruise where she faces a big decision."@en
  • "The answer machine: Biddy reasons that her family needs an answering machine for Christmas. She gives it to them early but by Christmas, she regrets the whole idea."
  • "The answer machine: Biddy reasons that her family needs an answering machine for Christmas. She gives it to them early but by Christmas, she regrets the whole idea."@en
  • "The night people come in for something that was no trouble: Cara's envy of another couple's disingenous ease at giving dinner parties spurs her to plan the perfect "casual" evening down to the last detail--but things don't go as she had intended."
  • "The night people come in for something that was no trouble: Cara's envy of another couple's disingenous ease at giving dinner parties spurs her to plan the perfect "casual" evening down to the last detail--but things don't go as she had intended."@en
  • "The stepson: Clare is walking on eggshells taking great care not to try and replace her stepson Simon's dead mother, until she finally attempts to break through his hostile diffidence."
  • "The stepson: Clare is walking on eggshells taking great care not to try and replace her stepson Simon's dead mother, until she finally attempts to break through his hostile diffidence."@en
  • "BBC Audio and Maeve Binchy present a collection of dramatized stories featuring contemporary Irishwomen. From a jealous woman's attempt to throw the perfect dinner party to a couple's interrupted vacation plans, Binchy's stories personify the essence of Irish femininity and attitude."@en
  • "By the time we get to Clifden: Nessa and her husband, Harry, are planning their annual break to Clifden, when their neighbor Melly seeks their help and ends up changing their itinerary and lives."
  • "By the time we get to Clifden: Nessa and her husband, Harry, are planning their annual break to Clifden, when their neighbor Melly seeks their help and ends up changing their itinerary and lives."@en

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  • "Short stories"
  • "Short stories"@en
  • "Audiobooks"@en
  • "Drama"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Audio adaptations"

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  • "No nightingales, no snakes"@en
  • "No nightingales, no snakes [sound recording (CD)]"
  • "No nightingales, no snakes"

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