Light A Penny Candle by Maeve Binchy
Evacuated from Blitz-battered London, shy and genteel Elizabeth White is sent to stay with the boisterous O'Connors in Kilgarret, Ireland. It is the beginning of an unshakeable bond between Elizabeth and Aisling O'Connor, a friendship which will endure through twenty turbulent years of change and chaos, joy and sorrow, soaring dreams and searing betrayals... Writing with warmth, wit and great compassion, Maeve Binchy tells a magnificent story of the lives and loves of two women, bound together in a friendship that nothing could tear asunder - not even the man who threatened to come between them forever.
"Maeve Binchy has a gimlet eye for the seething cauldron of emotions which lies beneath the surface of everyday life" * Irish Independent *
"An adept storyteller with a sharp eye for social nuances and a pleasing affection for her characters" * Sunday Times *
"A thoroughly enjoyable and readable book" * The Times *
"Brilliant: a remarkable, panoramic and vastly entertaining novel" -- Molly Keane * Irish Press *
"An adept storyteller with a sharp eye for social nuances and a pleasing affection for her characters" * Sunday Times *
"A thoroughly enjoyable and readable book" * The Times *
"Brilliant: a remarkable, panoramic and vastly entertaining novel" -- Molly Keane * Irish Press *
Maeve Binchy was born in Dublin, and went to school at the Holy Child Convent in Killiney. She took a history degree at UCD and taught in various girls' schools, writing travel articles in the long summer holidays. In 1969 she joined the Irish Times and for many years she was based in London writing humorous columns from all over the world. She is the author of five collections of short stories as well as twelve novels including Circle of Friends, The Copper Beech, Tara Road, Evening Class and The Glass Lake. Maeve Binchy died on 30 July 2012. She is survived by her husband, the writer Gordon Snell.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780099498575 |
| ISBN 10 | 009949857X |
| Title | Light A Penny Candle |
| Author | Maeve Binchy |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Cornerstone |
| Year published | 2006-05-04 |
| Number of pages | 832 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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