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 Tyrone Rosse, and when he marries her and takes her back to Claremore, his tumbledown mansion in Ireland, she is happy at last. Passionately in love as she is, Cassie can' t help but find the all-male world of Horseracing rather lonely. Yet there is much for her to learn, not least about the man she has married. Tyrone' s success depends heavily on the whims of wealthy horse owners, men -- and women -- whose demands are high. And Cassie must learn to endure the enmity of one in particular, who comes out of her buried past determined to destroy her. When tragedy strikes, it seems that Cassie must once again face rejection and lose her hard-won security. But although the chances of success are slim and the cost in personal happiness considerable, she fights against all odds to survive in a world closed against her. From the Trade Paperback edition.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804106274
• ISBN13: 9780804106276
• Release Date: July 1990
• Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
• Weight: 0.61 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 4.2" x 6.9"

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.