The Glass Lake - Maeve Binchy

I found The Glass Lake a very enjoyable read and it was very hard to put down. It is set in Ireland in a rural village. The story focuses on the main character Kit McMahon and her relationship with her mother Helen McMahon. Plot Summary Helen McMahon who was very beautiful and glamourous was deserted by her lover. She then marries Martin Mcmahon and moves to a small village called Lough Glass. They had two children Kit and Emmet. She was not very happy even though she appeared to have everything. She was still restless and was hankering after the man called Louis who had broken her heart before she has married Martin McMahon.. Then one day she ...  Read the complete review

Kit McMahon lives in the small Irish town of Lough Glass, near the shores of a big lake. Her father is a pharmacist, her mother is a loving and impetuous woman who likes to be free of all restraint. The novel opens in 1952 when Kit is twelve, attending a convent school with her best friend Clio. A few chapters into the book, a dramatic event takes place that changes her family's lives permanently. This is a book to read over several days, and to savour. I first read it about six or seven years ago, and recently tried it again. I liked it considerably better second time around. At nearly 700 pages it's not a quick read anyway, and it's not the kind ...  Read the complete review

I have read plenty of Maeve Binchy’s novels and found this one the most difficult to get into. If you have a copy and are having trouble do plough on as the story is a little slow to get all the characters introduced. Once you have read on I am sure you will be hooked, as I was. The story is set in Ireland and the main characters comprise of a family of four who live in a house near The Glass Lake, father Martin McMahon, mother Helen McMahon, son and daughter Kit and Emmet. Martin loves Helen but knows she doesn’t love him, Helen loves Louis, an old flame, 12 years and two children on she has still not forgotten him. So when ...  Read the complete review