
The Glass Lake
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Narrated by:
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Fionnula Flanagan
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By:
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Maeve Binchy
Night after night the beautiful woman walked beside the serene waters of Lough Glass. Until the day she disappeared, leaving only a boat drifting upside down on the unfathomable lake that gave the town its name.
Ravishing Helen McMahon, the Dubliner with film-star looks and unfulfilled dreams, never belonged in Lough Glass, not the way her genial pharmacist-husband Martin belonged, or their spirited daughter Kit.
Suddenly, she is gone and Kit is haunted by the memory of her mother, seen through a window, alone at the kitchen table, tears streaming down her face. Now Kit, too, has secrets: of the night she discovered a letter on Martin’s pillow and burned it, unopened. The night her mother was lost. The night everything changed forever...
©1995 Maeve Binchy (P)1995 Bantam Doubleday Dell Audio Publishing, Bantam Doubleday Dell Audio Publishing, A Division of Random House, Inc.Listeners also enjoyed...




















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What made the experience of listening to The Glass Lake the most enjoyable?
It was like I was one of the characters. I enjoyed every minute of the story being read to me, made the book seem more real.Who was your favorite character and why?
The mother. I think she thought leaving would be like the old saying says the grass would be greener. But in even though she loved this new man so much. Her past was always on her mind, she carried it like old luggage.What about Fionnula Flanagan’s performance did you like?
Beautiful, plus am a fan of hers.Need I say more?Who was the most memorable character of The Glass Lake and why?
The daughter. In trying to save her father's heartache, she just increased exponentially, because she left him with so many unanswered questions, which if he would have read the letter, it still would have hurt but at least he would have known why.Any additional comments?
I recommend this book, it's been around for awhile and if you have not read it or now listen to it, you ave missed a great story.VERY ENTERTAINING
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But, if you can ignore the poor sound quality, this is a great book for listening.
Also, I have to say that I did notice the sound going up and down on the 'preview' bit that I listened to, but it wasn't so bad during that.
Great book, bad recording
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Hard to hear!
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Love the the story
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The story is a little sensationalistic; not entirely believable - a few Dickensian coincidences in the connections between characters. Perhaps this is Maeve Binchy classic, I'm not sure - this being only my second of her novels. But the plot is definitely compelling - an examination of the difficult relationship choices women face and the long-term consequences of those choices. The characters are well drawn and sympathetic (would be more credible, I'm guessing, in the full version), and the nature of the small community very appealing. The reader is terrific - Irish accent is lovely and authentic.
One minor flaw was the incidental music - which could have been a nice touch, but was often too loud, even drowning out the text where they overlapped for a few seconds, and at times the choice of music seemed trite - too melodramatic, or cutesy, or whatever. Didn't add much, and may have detracted. (But there is not that much of it - not a big deal.)
ABRIDGED!!
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Wonderful, heart warming story
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Unlistenable!!
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too cruelly abridged
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Too abridged
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Would have liked the unabridged version
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