From Publishers Weekly: A proposed highway near the Irish town of Rossmore will mean the destruction of St. Ann's Well, a shrine in Whitethorn Woods thought to deliver healing, husbands and other miracles. The shrine resides in the parish of Fr. Brian Flynn, curate of St. Augustine's. As a fracas erupts between shrine skeptics who want the highway and shrine believers who want the shrine preserved, Flynn, unsure of where he stands on the issue and questioning his place in an increasingly secular Ireland, goes to the shrine and prays that he might "hear the voices that have come to you and know who these people are." Binchy (Tara Road) goes on to deliver just that: a panoply of prosaic but richly drawn first-person characters, such as Neddy Nolan, a not-so-simple simpleton; 60-something Vera, who finds love on a singles trip meant for those much younger; and unassuming antiques magnate James, whose wife of 26 years is dying. Stories of greed, infidelity, mental illness, incest, the joys of being single, the struggles of modern career women, alcoholism, and the heartbreak of parenting span generations, simply and poignantly. Binchy takes it all in and orchestrates the whole masterfully. 400,000 announced first printing. (Mar.)Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Categories:
- Literature & Fiction
- Women's Fiction
- Contemporary
- Women's Fiction
Publisher : McArthur & Company
Author : Binchy, Maeve
Language : English
Edition : First Edition
Published :2006-09-01
Number Of Pages : 343
Binding : Paperback
ISBN-10 : 1552786021
ISBN-13 : 9781552786024
Item weight : 1.1 lb
Dimensions : 1.3 in x 5.9 in x 9.1 in
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