Ladies' Night at Finbar's Hotel

by Éilís Ní Dhuibhne, Anne Haverty, Maeve Binchy, et al.

Book Overview

A year has passed since the closing of Finbar's Hotel, a down-on-its-heels hotel on the Dublin quays. Now, with a rock star as its new owner, it has once more opened its doors-and Finbar's has become an ultra-chic gathering spot. Ladies' Night at Finbar's Hotel describes one night in its newly illustrious surroundings-a night filled with adventure and comic romp. In one room a man surreptitiously helps his wife's friend get pregnant, while next door...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0156008661
• ISBN13: 9780156008662
• Release Date: February 2000
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
• Length: 276 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

Surprise!

I do not know what I expected. I had never heard of the book nor of the first book at Finbar's Hotel. Maeve Binchy's and Kate Riordan's novels are absorbing reading, so I thought "Fine, I'll read this." First the ladies at Finbar's were definitely individuals--all of them dysfunctional, but they were winners in every tale. The book dealt with problems that were not specifically everyday problems, but they were familiar and modern. However,the resolutions to their problems were unusual and laughable. The endings always moved me to be ready to read the next story. I liked the way continuity was maintained by insertions of details rather than studied incidents that interrupted the story. The ladies were fallible, like all of us. I laughed at the lady who did not know what to do with the computer, so she typed the same characters constantly. I often think in a few years with technology changing so rapidly I will be sitting with the newest phone or Ipad or notebook, not having the faintest idea how to use it. I will have to consult my six-year-old grandson. I recommend the book because it is a pleasure to read. I could relate to the characters, and I liked them.

Girls Just Wanna Have Fun

I read this book before the male counterpart - and I thought that Ladies was so much better!A series of interconnected stories, written by the top Irish women writers, promises for a good, quick, and fun read!

Delightful!

This collection of slightly interwoven short stories will delight lovers of Irish fiction - particularly of the entertaining and wonderful Maeve Binchy type. (I'm guessing that she wrote "The Wedding of the Pughs"!)The last chapter which involves a fading movie star and a tiger is the perfect comic end to these tales. I will now explore the work of these other writers!

Spend One Busy Night In a Dublin Hotel

This is a sometimes touching, sometimes funny story of one night in the nouveau chic Finbar's Hotel of Dublin. You will meet a woman getting impregnated by her best friend's husband, a career woman and her crazy father, a bride-to-be who gets the ultimate revenge on an old boyfriend who did her wrong, a nun looking for love in a most unorthodox manner, a mother reunited with the son she gave up for adoption, a woman who follows her husband to find out if he's cheating on her, and an aging actress who wants to recapture the past. Their paths all cross on one night at this hotel. I chose the book because I am a big fan of Maeve Binchy and she wrote one of the chapters. Guessing which author wrote which chapter becomes a guessing game for the reader familiar with these authors. This is not as good as Binchy's own novels, but definitely enjoyable and worth your time.

Wonderful Secrets

"Ladies Night at Finbars Hotel" is a great book. I am a big fan of Maeve Binchy's writing, and am waiting for her next book to come out. Meanwhile I saw she had contributed to this book, so I picked it up. For those of you familiar with Binchy's writing, you'll notice how every chapter leads into the next, and the characters lives intertwine. The same happens in this book. Each chapter revolves around a guest in a particular room. One truly becomes engrossed in their lives. The writers all write along the same vein, so it is actually difficult to tell which author wrote which chapter. But that does not matter, all that matters is it is a good book which you will not want to put down. Order it today!