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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. In Echoes, Maeve Binchy presents realistic characters who show both their loveable and their hateful sides, making them extremely human. This is actually a full novel that has many characters interacting in one plot, which is better than Ms. Binchy's use of many characters in separate plots. Echoes is a light, easy, enjoyable read suitable for a summer evening. ( )I do not remember the first time I read this book or one of the other's written by Ms. Binchy and dealing with people in Ireland. I was engrossed by the stories, but more by the picture of the culture. I was very disappointed in the first of her books to take place elsewhere, as I think the cultural aspects of the novels are what drive the stories. Still I have read them time and again and always look at her new works to see the subjects. I almost always give them a try and am rarely disappointed by the books where she talks about what she knows. Every once in a while, I need a story where I know that things will turn out all right in the end. Maeve Binchy always delivers, although with this story, things came a bit close to not turning out ok. As endings go, this is probably the least happy I’ve read from her. It surprised me and I liked that. This one does not deviate from the normal Binchy pattern – Small Irish town – check Headstrong female protagonist – check Oppressive Irish tradition – check Going against the grain, but accepted in the end – check Multiple romances – check Rejection of the big city (Dublin) - check A small town becoming suddenly prosperous and popular – check People finding their places in life & being happy in them - check Some minor tragedies, nothing earthshattering – check A happy ending – check These books are comfort books for me in some sense. When I don’t want excitement and danger of too high a degree, I look for one of these warm tales of people overcoming odds and sharing their lives with remarkable patience and open communication. Makes me sort of long for that kind of world, but then I remember how stifling the closeness of those Irish villages are and how I would hate it, even if I had my own happy ending. A girl grows up in a small Irish coast town. Where she meets her dreams, but in also faced with many life choices. 0.210 seconds to build listing
Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0440122090, Mass Market Paperback)"It was sometimes called the echo cave, and if you shouted your question loud enough in the right direction, you got an answer instead of an echo..."Clare and David--divided as children by a rigid social code that branded her as shanty Irish and him as gentry...brought together as adults by a desire that knew no class, no barriers, only the urgent hunger of two people destined to love--and ready to defy a world determined to keep them apart. Even at fifteen, David Power knew the echo would answer eleven-year-old Clare O'Brien's dearest wish, to win a school prize. But it was years before Dr. Power's cherished only son saw in the huckster's daughter the answer to his own heart's desire. Here in Castlebay, perched precariously on the seaside cliffs, the lines between them were clearly drawn. Clare's only hope is to leave the town where time stopped, propelled by scholarships to Dublin, fueled by her own drive and brilliance, far from the insular, gossipy world of Castlebay and those in its thrall... Angela O'Hara, beautiful, insolated, a teacher trapped in the convent school, who risks everything to help Clare escape... Gerry Doyle, the town charmer who finds in Clare the woman he vows to have at any price... Caroline Nolan, the beautiful, rich outsider who comes to plunder... For Clare, that was before the wild freedom of Dublin, and love. And David. Before fate drove them back to Castlebay, and the past... (retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:17 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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