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The Copper Beech

The Copper Beech

by Maeve Binchy (Author)

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    Paperback 1993

    $3.29

  • Used

    Paperback 1999

    $3.29

  • Used

    Hardcover 1992

    $4.54

  • New

    Paperback 2007

    $20.67
Synopsis

By the school house at Shancarrig stands a copper beech, its bark scarred with the names and dreams of the pupils who have grown up under its branches. Under Junior Assistant Mistress Maddy Ross's careful gaze the children play, but out of school Maddy's gaze lingers where it shouldn't. Maura Brennan, a bundle of fun from the rough end of town, plays with her pals: leap year baby Eddie Barton, the apple of his mother's eye, and Nessa Ryan, who little realises as she carves his name at the roots of the copper beech on the very last day of school that she'll get a lot more from one of her schoolmates than her first shy kiss. The copper beech is the gateway to Maeve Binchy's marvellous portrait of a small Irish town whose untroubled surface conceals the passions, rivalries, friendships, ambitions and jealousies beneath.

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More Information

Format: Paperback
 Pages: 448
 Edition: New edition
 Publisher: Orion
Published: 01 Jul 1993
ISBN 10: 1857979990
ISBN 13: 9781857979992
Book Overview: Maeve Binchy is one of today's most successful and best-loved authors, read all over the world and translated into 30 languages. Her last seven novels have all been Sunday Times No.1 bestsellers and the last four were Guardian fastsellers. There are now over 6.5 million copies of Maeve Binchy Orion paperbacks in print and she always receives terrific reviews: 'Reading Maeve Binchy has always acted as therapy of a sort. Her witty, literate small-town tales exude a rosy glow to ease the troubled mind' The Times. 'Warm, witty and with a deep understanding of what makes us tick, it's little wonder that Maeve Binchy's bewitching stories have become world-beaters' OK Magazine. 'Proves how wise and funny Maeve Binchy is - and how adept at keeping a reader bolt upright till five in the morning' Irish Times. 'Compulsive reading ... Ms Binchy has the true story-teller's knack' Observer. In the top 100 bestselling Irish titles Maeve Binchy occupies seven of the top twenty places including the number one slot.

Author Bio
Maeve Binchy was born in County Dublin and came to fame first as London Correspondent for the Irish Times. Her first novel, Light A Penny Candle made her famous in the UK and USA. She lives in County Dublin with her husband, Gordon Snell.