To Hear a Nightingale

by Charlotte Bingham

Book Overview

Brought up in small-town-USA by a grandmother who despises her, Cassie McGann' s childhood is one of misery and rejection. Fleeing to New York, she falls in love with handsome Irish racehorse trainer... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0553176358
• ISBN13: 9780553176353
• Release Date: July 1989
• Publisher: Transworld Publishers
• Length: 736 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.

Customer Reviews

What a great story!

This is the story of Cassie McGann an unloved and abused child who marries her Irish prince. The story starts in the 1940's in the USA and wends its way from the states to Ireland in the 1980's. There are a number of twists and turns to the plot of the story including Cassie's ultimate triumph of her nemesis from childhood, the rich and beautiful, Leonora. I found myself crying at times when some of the people that Cassie loves the most are taken from her. Her ultimate triumph in the end makes this book so worthwhile.

An English find

I found this book while traveling abroad this summer - since coming back to the States it has been impossible to find anything by Charlotte Bingham. Please take the time to read this story - you will find it enchanting! Also wonderful is Debutantes by Charlotte Bingham.

Currently reading

I found this book at a local flea market we had over the summer. To say the least it's now becomming one of the best books i've read. I'm 3/4 of the way through the book and can hardly put it down:) Charlotte Bingham does a great job with Cassie, Joel, Jo, and Mattie. Horse racing with a heroine and a love story all rolled into one:) A Champion Horse who's kidnapped and then gelded. The main character Cassie - A woman in a mans world (horse racing) who's threatened when she keeps her home bred horse in training and then has it kidnapped only to find it gelded and her hopes crushed. Joel - an artist who falls in love with Cassie and helps her uncover the mystery surrounding The Nightengale's kidnapping. He ends up helping his father put an end to his life and ends up in prison for it. I'm not gonna tell ya anymore:) you've gotta read the book!:) trust me you won't want to set it down:)

A Touching Story

This is one of my most favorite books. I have read it over and over again and never tire of it. The book takes you through the life of a young girl, from childhood until she is an old woman. She faces many obstacles in her life, and several tragedies, and she perseveres and overcomes them. The book is set in New York and later, in Ireland. I don't want to write much more about the story itself - I just have to say that women should read this. I just love it. I had my mom read it, and she also loved it.