Evening Class
by Maeve Binchy
FictionItalian languageStudy and teachingTeachersEvening and continuation school students
3.5
Open LibraryAbout this book
In Dublin, an evening class of Italian language and culture changes the lives of its students. A girl finds love, a boy abandons crime, a man regains a reason for living. It is the work of the teacher, an Irish woman who followed a married man to Italy and returned to Ireland on his death. A tale of one woman's gift for helping others. By the author of The Copper Beach.
Themes & subjects
FictionItalian languageStudy and teachingTeachersEvening and continuation school studentsDomestic fiction
Setting
IrelandDublin
About the author
Maeve Binchy
28 May 1940 – 30 July 2012
Maeve Binchy was born on 28 May 1940 in Dalkey, County Dublin, Ireland, the eldest child of four. Her parents were very positive and provided her with a happy childhood. Despite the fact she describes herself as an overweight child it was her parents attitude that gave her the confidence to accept herself for who she is today. She studied at University College Dublin and was a teacher for a while. She also loved travelling and this was how she found her niche as a writer. She liked going to all different kinds of places such as a Kibbutz in Israel and worked in a camp in the United States. It was whilst she was away that she sent letters home to her parents. They were so impressed with t…
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