Maeve Binchy
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367 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
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"While she was writing columns for The Irish Times and her best-selling novels, Maeve Binchy also had in mind to write a book that revolved around one street with many characters coming and going. Every once in a while, she would write about one these people. She would then put it in a drawer. "For the future," she would say. The future is now. Just around the corner from St. Jarlath's Crescent (which readers will recognize from Minding Frankie) is...
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582 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
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The chaotic events of World War II force Elizabeth White, a young English girl, to escape to Ireland, where she shares a friendship with Aisling O'Connor, with whom she endures years of change, joy, sorrow, betrayals, and an unbreakable bond.
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757 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
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Set in Lough Glass, Ireland, The Glass Lake is an incandescent novel of family love, belonging, and secrets that flourish in the human heart. Lough Glass is the lake at the heart of the small Irish town that bears its name. Serene and dark, its waters harbor secrets as deep and unfathomable as Helen McMahon, the beautiful woman who roams the darkened shores night after night.
8) Echoes
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736 pages ; 18 cm
Language
English
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Growing up in a seaside town, Clare O'Brien and David Power shout their hearts' desires into the echo cave, praying that their destiny will lead them far away from Castlebay, the small town in which they live. Years later, in Dublin, their paths cross again - David, following in his father's footsteps, is studying medicine, and Clare has won a scholarship to University College. But eventually Castlebay draws them back - and it is against a backdrop...