Echoes
A wonderful love story from the bestselling author of Light a Penny Candle
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4.2 • 40 Ratings
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- $15.99
Publisher Description
Ambition, betrayal, love. . . A wonderful love story from the bestselling author of Light a Penny Candle and Circle of Friends.
'I have returned to read Maeve Binchy time and time again' Lorraine Kelly
'A powerful story of love and jealousy' Sunday Telegraph
'A master storyteller' Marian Keyes
'Compulsive reading... Binchy has the true story-teller's knack' Observer
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Growing up in a quiet seaside town, Clare O'Brien and David Power shout their hearts' desires into the echo cave, praying their destinies will carry them far away from Castlebay.
Years later, their paths cross again. David, following in his father's footsteps, is studying medicine and Clare has won a scholarship to University College.
But eventually Castlebay will draw them back and, against a backdrop of empty grey skies, sea-spray and howling winds, this drama of ambition, betrayal and love will reach its turbulent conclusion.
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Readers love Echoes . . .
***** 'Maeve Binchy is a first class story teller, and ECHOES is one of her best. If you pick it up, you will not be disappointed.'
***** 'I was transported by this book and also its characters stuck with me. 5 stars.'
***** 'A warm, page-turning novel that makes you sad when it ends.'
***** 'Maeve Binchy is always a pleasure and this book is no exception.'
***** 'Just a wonderful and beautifully told story.'
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
The bracing sea air brings little pleasure to the year-round residents of Castlebay, a village on the coast of Ireland, where class lines are strictly observed and morals publicly monitored. The youngest daughter of a shopkeeper whose meagre living depends on summer trade, Clare O'Brien is determined to move beyond her present circumstances. Hard work and the guidance of an irreverent, caring schoolteacher bring the resolute scholar to a college in Dublin. There, her steps falter when she enters into an ardent affair with David Power, the son of Castlebay's only doctor and another willing exile. Although David returns her love, their devotion is sorely tested when they are forced to marry and return home. As a wealthy, new-fledged doctor, David easily resumes his privileged position, but Clare is trapped between her mother-in-law's cold fury and the town's unease. Sharply drawn, memorable characters and a convincing picture of a small Irish community bring freshness and zest to a familiar tale. Binchy also wrote Light a Penny Candle. 50,000 first printing; Literary Guild alternate; first serial to Cosmopolitan; paperback rights to Dell; U.K. rights: Century Publishing; translation rights: Christine Green. January
