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This Year It Will Be Different: Christmas tales
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hardcover. Good clean copy in dustwrapper. DW with some minor shelf wear.
Filled with Maeve Binchy's trademark wit and true storytelling genius, THIS YEAR IT WILL BE DIFFERENT powerfully evokes the lives of of wives, husbands, children, friends and lovers, all set during the one holiday when feelings cannot easily be hidden. There are step-families grappling with exes; long-married couples faced with in-law problems; a wandering husband choosing between the other woman and his wife; a child caught up in a grown-up tug-of-war...The festive season may be magical, but it can also be a time of family difficulties, a time to reflect on relationships; a time of change.
Filled with Maeve Binchy's trademark wit and true storytelling genius, THIS YEAR IT WILL BE DIFFERENT powerfully evokes the lives of of wives, husbands, children, friends and lovers, all set during the one holiday when feelings cannot easily be hidden. There are step-families grappling with exes; long-married couples faced with in-law problems; a wandering husband choosing between the other woman and his wife; a child caught up in a grown-up tug-of-war...The festive season may be magical, but it can also be a time of family difficulties, a time to reflect on relationships; a time of change.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780752876283
SKU
KTG0017291
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About
Maeve Binchy was born in Dublin and was the London Correspondent for the Irish Times. Her first novel was Light a Penny Candle, and she has now sold millions of copies of her books around the world. She lives in Dublin with her husband, Gordon Snell.
Reviews for This Year It Will Be Different: Christmas tales
'There's nobody like Binchy for warming the cockles, and this collection of Christmas stories warms them to white heat.'
Kate Saunders THE TIMES 'with her gift for effortless characterisation and homely detail, she evokes power shifts in families, unwelcome discoveries, conspiracies, affairs, forgiveness, sorrow and the rebirth of optimism with her usual warmth and sympathy.'
Elizabeth Buchan ... Read more
Kate Saunders THE TIMES 'with her gift for effortless characterisation and homely detail, she evokes power shifts in families, unwelcome discoveries, conspiracies, affairs, forgiveness, sorrow and the rebirth of optimism with her usual warmth and sympathy.'
Elizabeth Buchan ... Read more