pMaeve Binchy is one of Britain s most popular and bestselling authors, and this collection of four stories from the BBC Radio 4 archive shows her at her most insightful and imaginative. In iThe Garden Partyi, Helen envies her neighbour Debbie Kennedy s garden and her life but discovers that things are not always as they seem while iThe Special Salei sees lonely Yvonne arranging a special lunch for her friend Frank and his children on the day after Christmas. iThe Sensible Celebrationi finds Lorna about to throw a small party to celebrate the decade gone by but as she plans, she starts to think about her life, and her marriage. Finally, in iDolly s Motheri, the beauty, grace and efficiency of her perfect parent have always made Dolly feel inferior until the day of her sixteenth birthday. These four stories, never collected together in book form and unique to audio, are read by acclaimed actors Niamh Cusack, Dervla Kirwan, Doreen Hepburn and Stella McCusker.pp1 CD. 57 mins.p