sentences:  In 2000 she announced that her upcoming novel, "Scarlet Feather", would be her last; she also retired as a columnist at "The Irish Times".While she decided to forego writing "big novels", with "Quentins" she continued producing short stories that link together to advance the plot.Binchy's cousin, Kate Binchy, narrated the book for a BBC "Word for Word" audiobook (2003).