Title: I'm Astonished!
Review: Any respect I had for Binchy has been obliterated. I've read a number of her previous books and usually found them rather mindless but enjoyable, excluding Quentins and The Scarlet Feather.I am still in shock, however, to have read in "Nights of Rain and Stars" her characterization of Vonni's being an alcoholic as having been a weak person. Hello? Maeve? Maybe you haven't heard, but it's been determined that alcoholism is a disease. This just blows me away!Ms. Binchy's writing has always been a bit on the prudish side and a bit stilted, but this is just plain out of touch with reality.
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