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This Year It Will Be Different
Maeve Binchy
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Description for This Year It Will Be Different
Paperback. A superb collection of short stories from the No. 1 bestselling author. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 5HC; FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 272. 8vo.Good copy
A superb collection of short stories from the No. 1 bestselling author.
Filled with Maeve Binchy's trademark wit and true storytelling genius, THIS YEAR IT WILL BE DIFFERENT powerfully evokes the lives of wives, husbands, children, friends and lovers.
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 in a grown-up tug-of-war...
Warm, witty and with a deep understanding of what makes us tick, THIS YEAR IT WILL BE DIFFERENT superbly demonstrates why Maeve Binchy's stories have become world-beaters.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Orion
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780752893761
SKU
KEX0293291
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Maeve Binchy
Maeve Binchy was born in County Dublin and educated at the Holy Child convent in Killiney and at University College, Dublin. After a spell as a teacher she joined the Irish Times. Her first novel, LIGHT A PENNY CANDLE, was published in 1982 and she went on to write over twenty books, all of them bestsellers. Several have been adapted for cinema and television, including TARA ROAD. Maeve Binchy received a LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD at the BRITISH BOOK AWARDS in 1999 and the Irish PEN/A. T. CROSS AWARD in 2007. In 2010 she was presented with the BOB HUGHES LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD at the BORD GAIS IRISH BOOK AWARDS by the President of Ireland. She was married to the writer and broadcaster Gordon Snell for 35 years, and died in 2012. Visit her website at www.maevebinchy.com
Reviews for This Year It Will Be Different
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
SUNDAY TIMES
Brilliant, family-oriented short stories ... Binchy fans will love it - i did! 5/5
WOMAN'S OWN
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
SUNDAY TIMES
Brilliant, family-oriented short stories ... Binchy fans will love it - i did! 5/5
WOMAN'S OWN