A Few of the Girls

The multiple voices that narrate this collection bring the incomparable Irish author Maeve Binchy to life once again. Most engaging is the story "Someone's Got to Tell Her," delightfully told by Katharine McEwan. It's a one-sided conversation full of hilarious outrage and emotion as one "friend" gossips to another. In "Love and Marriage," John Lee's old-fashioned rendering of a diary, complete with diverse accents, tells of a woman who happily leaves Dublin upon marrying a farmer. Jayne Entwistle's charming husky voice perfectly conveys "Sandra's Suitcase," in which Sandra loses her designer clothing on a trip and is given odds and ends by her fellow tour members--resulting in her suddenly improved personality. Listeners will enjoy hearing how the beloved Binchy's stories changed over her long career. S.G.B. © AudioFile 2016, Portland, Maine