Over five years, Elizabeth grows into an integral part of the boisterous clan. The White family in 1940 sends sheltered ten-year-old only daughter Elizabeth from London to safety in Ireland in care of Violet White's school mate, Eileen O'Connor. Linked only by letters for most of the novel, as they mature and each find tragedy in love, Elizabeth and Aisling are reunited towards the end in London where, both widowed, they resolve to begin life again together. The families are first entwined when Elizabeth White, at age ten, is sent to Kilgarret, Ireland, to escape the German bombing of London and is adopted for five years by the O'Connors, whose daughter Aisling is also ten. Her cousin Dan Binchy is also a published writer, as is her nephew Chris Binchy.Maeve Bincy's Light a Penny Candle follows two families, one English and the other Irish, through a period of twenty years (1940-1960). She passed away on 30 July 2012, at the age of 72. The main characters are people whom readers can empathise with. Her books often deal with people who are young, fall in love, have families, and deal with relationship or family problems. Some of her later novels, such as Evening Class, take place in more modern times. Many of her books, such as Echoes, are set in the past in Ireland. When they were struggling financially, Light a Penny Candle was published, which made her an overnight success. Maeve married Gordon Snell, writer and editor of children's books.
After these letters were published, Maeve left teaching and became a journalist. They were so impressed with these chatty letters from all over the world that they decided to send them to a newspaper. While she was away, she sent letters home to her parents. She liked going to different places, such as a Kibbutz in Israel, and she worked in a camp in the United States. She also loved traveling, and this was how she found her niche as a writer. She studied at University College Dublin and was a teacher for a while.
Although she described herself as an overweight child, her parents' attitude gave her the confidence to accept herself for who she was.
Her parents were very positive and provided her with a happy childhood. Maeve Binchy was born on in Dalkey, County Dublin, Ireland, the eldest child of four.
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