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Whitethorn Woods by Maeve Binchy
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Type
- Novel
- Narrative Type
- Fiction
- Original Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- United States
- ISBN
- 9780307278418
- Book Title
- Whitethorn Woods
- Publisher
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Item Length
- 6.8 in
- Publication Year
- 2008
- Format
- Mass Market
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.3 in
- Genre
- Fiction
- Topic
- Contemporary Women, General
- Item Weight
- 8.2 Oz
- Item Width
- 4.3 in
- Number of Pages
- 464 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0307278417
ISBN-13
9780307278418
eBay Product ID (ePID)
60729301
Product Key Features
Book Title
Whitethorn Woods
Number of Pages
464 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2008
Topic
Contemporary Women, General
Genre
Fiction
Format
Mass Market
Dimensions
Item Height
1.3 in
Item Weight
8.2 Oz
Item Length
6.8 in
Item Width
4.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
"A tour de force.... Binchy is in top form." --"The Seattle Times" "What could be sweeter than a trip to [an] Irish village packed with robust native characters? That's exactly what Maeve Binchy offers in her latest novel." --"The Christian Science Monitor" ""Whitethorn Woods" is Binchy's best read in a decade.... Few contemporary novelists match Binchy's gift for giving us the world through her characters' eyes." --"The Globe and Mail" "Binchy has an accessible, comfortable writing style and fine storytelling ability." --"Rocky Mountain News" "Binchy's best read in a decade." --"The Globe and Mail" "A remarkably gifted writer [and] a wonderful student of human nature." --"The New York Times Book Review" "Love, longing, and rich scenes of daily life.... What could be sweeter than a trip to [an] Irish village packed with robust native characters." --"The Christian Science Monitor" "Binchy makes you laugh, cry and care."" "--"San Francisco Chronicle" "Binchy is a grand storyteller in the finest Irish tradition.... She writes from the heart." --"The Plain Dealer" "An engaging read." -- "Daily News" "Binchy can channel Irish voices with the best of them, and each of those voices has its own twisting story to tell." -- "The Columbus Dispatch" "Reading one of Maeve Binchy's novels is like coming home." -- "The Washington Post", "Binchy has an accessible, comfortable writing style and fine storytelling ability . . . [Her] stories of an Ireland in transition have pleased readers for years." -Joan Hinkemeyer, "Rocky Mountain News" "Maeve Binchy is a benevolent god of a novelist . . . "Whitethorn Woods "draws on her strengths: She can channel Irish voices with the best of them, and each of those voices has its own twisting story to tell . . . often with verve and humor." -Margaret Quamme, "Columbus Dispatch" ""Whitethorn Woods "is a tour-de-force for Binchy, who seamlessly inhabits all these narrators and gets their individual voices pitch-perfect . . . By the time you arrive at the last page, you'll feel you know virtually everyone in [this] little corner of Ireland . . . Binchy is in top form." -Melinda Bargreen, "Seattle Times" "What could be sweeter than a trip to [an] Irish village packed with robust native characters? That's exactly what Maeve Binchy offers in her latest novel . . . Love, longing, and rich scenes of daily life intertwine in this neatly constructed story." -Marjorie Kehe, "Christian Science Monitor" "Stellar Irish novelist Maeve Binchy can display unexpected depths for a crowd-pleasing author . . . One soon becomes engaged in the lives of more than two dozen characters . . . Touches of humor enliven the account, but Binchy's chief stock-in-trade here is making relatively average lives colorful and worth our interest." -Maude McDaniel, "Bookpage" "In classic Binchy style, many diverse characters tell their own, sometimes overlapping, stories . . . After [finishing], readers will want to call their mothers . . . An enjoyable peek into other people'sthoughts." -"Library Journal" "Binchy focuses her prodigious talent on a robust assemblage of characters embroiled in romantic and domestic crises. Inventively and intricately weaving a series of linked vignettes, [she] astounds with the versatility of the supplicants' voices . . . Binchy is at her best in this tender yet potent tale of a traditional land and people threatened and challenged by the forces of change." -Carol Haggas, "Booklist" "Binchy deliver[s] a panoply of richly drawn first-person characters . . . 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." -"Publishers Weekly" "Binchy inserts questions of faith into her usual romantic braid of multiple storylines . . . These are often fully realized stories that stand on their own . . . Binchy's lilting Irish zest is undeniably addictive." -"Kirkus Reviews" UK reviews: "What readers are buying into with a Binchy book is a unique environment: a world of warmth and compassion in which a kind heart is prized above a pretty face, family life is celebrated and qualities such as decency and initiative are rewarded. This is the milieu of her latest novel . . . Binchy has always had a knack for character . . . It takes a particularly skilful writer to engage the reader's sympathy [as she does] . . . These characters speak with their own voices directly off the page." -Martina Devlin, "The Irish Times" "Vintage Binchy. A touching, funny, optimistic book full of wonderful, well-observed characters." -Wendy Holden, "Daily Mail" "Binchy [is a] national treasure . . . In "Whitethorn Woods" her particular gift for creating a world and then drawing you in is employed with her usual skill [and] just the right combination of warmth, gossip and insight into human nature . . . Always maintaining a sense of humour, she effortlessly makes the reader feel that they are returning to an old friend." -Mairead Byrne, "Irish Independent" "For everyone who weaves in and out of these tightly made stories, a timeless search for love, money or perfect happiness, "A tour de force…. Binchy is in top form." - The Seattle Times "What could be sweeter than a trip to [an] Irish village packed with robust native characters? That's exactly what Maeve Binchy offers in her latest novel." - The Christian Science Monitor " Whitethorn Woods is Binchy's best read in a decade…. Few contemporary novelists match Binchy's gift for giving us the world through her characters' eyes." - The Globe and Mail "Binchy has an accessible, comfortable writing style and fine storytelling ability." - Rocky Mountain News "Binchy's best read in a decade. " - The Globe and Mail "A remarkably gifted writer [and] a wonderful student of human nature." - The New York Times Book Review "Love, longing, and rich scenes of daily life…. What could be sweeter than a trip to [an] Irish village packed with robust native characters." - The Christian Science Monitor "Binchy makes you laugh, cry and care." - San Francisco Chronicle "Binchy is a grand storyteller in the finest Irish tradition…. She writes from the heart." - The Plain Dealer "An engaging read." - Daily News "Binchy can channel Irish voices with the best of them, and each of those voices has its own twisting story to tell." - The Columbus Dispatch "Reading one of Maeve Binchy's novels is like coming home." - The Washington Post, "A tour de force…. Binchy is in top form." -The Seattle Times "What could be sweeter than a trip to [an] Irish village packed with robust native characters? That's exactly what Maeve Binchy offers in her latest novel." -The Christian Science Monitor "Whitethorn Woodsis Binchy's best read in a decade…. Few contemporary novelists match Binchy's gift for giving us the world through her characters' eyes." -The Globe and Mail "Binchy has an accessible, comfortable writing style and fine storytelling ability." -Rocky Mountain News "Binchy's best read in a decade. " -The Globe and Mail "A remarkably gifted writer [and] a wonderful student of human nature." -The New York Times Book Review "Love, longing, and rich scenes of daily life…. What could be sweeter than a trip to [an] Irish village packed with robust native characters." -The Christian Science Monitor "Binchy makes you laugh, cry and care."-San Francisco Chronicle "Binchy is a grand storyteller in the finest Irish tradition…. She writes from the heart." -The Plain Dealer "An engaging read." -Daily News "Binchy can channel Irish voices with the best of them, and each of those voices has its own twisting story to tell." -The Columbus Dispatch "Reading one of Maeve Binchy's novels is like coming home." -The Washington Post, "A tour de force.... Binchy is in top form." The Seattle Times "What could be sweeter than a trip to [an] Irish village packed with robust native characters? That's exactly what Maeve Binchy offers in her latest novel." The Christian Science Monitor " Whitethorn Woods is Binchy's best read in a decade.... Few contemporary novelists match Binchy's gift for giving us the world through her characters' eyes." The Globe and Mail "Binchy has an accessible, comfortable writing style and fine storytelling ability." Rocky Mountain News "Binchy's best read in a decade. " The Globe and Mail "A remarkably gifted writer [and] a wonderful student of human nature." The New York Times Book Review "Love, longing, and rich scenes of daily life.... What could be sweeter than a trip to [an] Irish village packed with robust native characters." The Christian Science Monitor "Binchy makes you laugh, cry and care." San Francisco Chronicle "Binchy is a grand storyteller in the finest Irish tradition.... She writes from the heart." The Plain Dealer "An engaging read." Daily News "Binchy can channel Irish voices with the best of them, and each of those voices has its own twisting story to tell." The Columbus Dispatch "Reading one of Maeve Binchy's novels is like coming home." The Washington Post, " Binchy has an accessible, comfortable writing style and fine storytelling ability . . . [Her] stories of an Ireland in transition have pleased readers for years." - Joan Hinkemeyer, "Rocky Mountain News" " Maeve Binchy is a benevolent god of a novelist . . . "Whitethorn Woods "draws on her strengths: She can channel Irish voices with the best of them, and each of those voices has its own twisting story to tell . . . often with verve and humor." - Margaret Quamme, "Columbus Dispatch" " "Whitethorn Woods "is a tour-de-force for Binchy, who seamlessly inhabits all these narrators and gets their individual voices pitch-perfect . . . By the time you arrive at the last page, you' ll feel you know virtually everyone in [this] little corner of Ireland . . . Binchy is in top form." - Melinda Bargreen, "Seattle Times" " What could be sweeter than a trip to [an] Irish village packed with robust native characters? That' s exactly what Maeve Binchy offers in her latest novel . . . Love, longing, and rich scenes of daily life intertwine in this neatly constructed story." - Marjorie Kehe, "Christian Science Monitor" " Stellar Irish novelist Maeve Binchy can display unexpected depths for a crowd-pleasing author . . . One soon becomes engaged in the lives of more than two dozen characters . . . Touches of humor enliven the account, but Binchy' s chief stock-in-trade here is making relatively average lives colorful and worth our interest." - Maude McDaniel, "Bookpage" " In classic Binchy style, many diverse characters tell their own, sometimesoverlapping, stories . . . After [finishing], readers will want to call their mothers . . . An enjoyable peek into other people' s thoughts." - "Library Journal" " Binchy focuses her prodigious talent on a robust assemblage of characters embroiled in romantic and domestic crises. Inventively and intricately weaving a series of linked vignettes, [she] astounds with the versatility of the supplicants' voices . . . Binchy is at her best in this tender yet potent tale of a traditional land and people threatened and challenged by the forces of change." - Carol Haggas, "Booklist" " Binchy deliver[s] a panoply of richly drawn first-person characters . . . 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." - "Publishers Weekly" " Binchy inserts questions of faith into her usual romantic braid of multiple storylines . . . These are often fully realized stories that stand on their own . . . Binchy' s lilting Irish zest is undeniably addictive." - "Kirkus Reviews" UK reviews: " What readers are buying into with a Binchy book is a unique environment: a world of warmth and compassion in which a kind heart is prized above a pretty face, family life is celebrated and qualities such as decency and initiative are rewarded. This is the milieu of her latest novel . . . Binchy has always had a knack for character . . . It takes a particularly skilful writer to engage thereader' s sympathy [as she does] . . . These characters speak with their own voices directly off the page." - Martina Devlin, "The Irish Times" " Vintage Binchy. A touching, funny, optimistic book full of wonderful, well-observed characters." - Wendy Holden, "Daily Mail" " Binchy [is a] national treasure . . . In "Whitethorn Woods" her particular gift for creating a world and then drawing you in is employed with her usual skill [and] just the right combination of warmth, gossip and insight into human nature . . . Always maintaining a sense of humour, she effortlessly makes the reader feel that they are returning to an old friend." - Mairead Byrne, "Irish Independent" " For everyone who weaves in and out of these tightly made stories, a timeless sea
Dewey Decimal
823/.914
Synopsis
When a new highway threatens to bypass the town of Rossmore and cut through Whitethorn Woods, it will also destroy St. Ann's well, where people have been coming for generations to share their dreams and speak their prayers. Some believe the well to be a place of true spiritual power, demanding protection; others think it's a mere magnet for superstitions, easily sacrificed. Maeve Binchy creates a rich spectrum of men and women, all with passionate opinions, who are drawn into this timely conflict between the traditions of the past and the promises of the future., When a new highway threatens to bypass the town of Rossmore and cut through Whitethorn Woods, everyone has a passionate opinion about whether the town will benefit or suffer. But young Father Flynn is most concerned with the fate of St. Ann's Well, which is set at the edge of the woods and slated for destruction. People have been coming to St. Ann's for generations to share their dreams and fears, and speak their prayers. Some believe it to be a place of true spiritual power, demanding protection; others think it's a mere magnet for superstitions, easily sacrificed. Father Flynn listens to all those caught up in the conflict, as the men and women of Whitethorn Woods must decide between the traditions of the past and the promises of the future. , A new highway threatens to bypass the town of Rossmore and cut through Whitethorn Woods, but young Father Flynn is most concerned with the fate of St. Anns Well, a spiritual mecca in the path of the planned construction. This edition of Binchys national bestseller includes bonus material and a new story.
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- 1***1 (11)- Feedback left by buyer.Past yearVerified purchasematches the description. value was good.The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger (1991) Hardcover (#135524670250)
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