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MAEVE BINCHY is the author of numerous best-selling books, including her most recent novels, "A Week in Winter, Minding Frankie, Heart and Soul, " and "Whitethorn Woods, " as well as "Circle of Friends" and "Tara Road," which was an Oprah's Book Club selection. Married to Gordon Snell, she lived in Dalkey, Ireland, until her death in July 2012 at the age of seventy-two.