July 6th, 2025
Home | Log in!

On Top Shelf
THE CHRISTMAS PACTTHE CHRISTMAS PACT
Fresh Pick
BONEY CREEK
BONEY CREEK

New Books This Week

Reader Games

Reviewer Application


Fall headfirst into July’s hottest stories—danger, desire, and happily-ever-afters await.

Slideshow image


Since your web browser does not support JavaScript, here is a non-JavaScript version of the image slideshow:

slideshow image
When duty to his kingdom meets desire for his enemy!


slideshow image
��a must-read thriller.��Booklist


slideshow image
Always remember when playing for keeps to look before you leap!


slideshow image
?? Lost Memories. A Mystery Baby. A Mountain Ready to Explode. ??


slideshow image
One Rodeo. Two Rivals. A Storm That Changes Everything.


slideshow image
?? A Fake Marriage. A Real Spark. A Love Worth the Scandal. ??


Echoes by Maeve Binchy

Purchase

Add to Wish List


Also by Maeve Binchy:

A Few of the Girls, March 2016
Hardcover / e-Book
Chestnut Street, May 2014
Hardcover / e-Book
Minding Frankie, March 2011
Hardcover
Heart and Soul, February 2009
Hardcover
Light A Penny Candle, November 2007
Paperback (reprint)
Evening Class, June 2007
Paperback (reprint)
The Return Journey, June 2007
Paperback (reprint)
This Year It Will Be Different, June 2007
Paperback (reprint)
The Glass Lake, June 2007
Paperback (reprint)
The Lilac Bus, June 2007
Paperback (reprint)
Circle of Friends, June 2007
Paperback (reprint)
London Transports, June 2007
Paperback
Silver Wedding, June 2007
Paperback (reprint)
Firefly Summer, June 2007
Paperback (reprint)
The Copper Beech, June 2007
Paperback
Tara Road, June 2007
Paperback (reprint)
Echoes, March 2007
Paperback (reprint)
Whitethorn Woods, March 2007
Hardcover
Deeply Regretted, September 2006
Paperback
Nights Of Rain And Stars, July 2005
Paperback
Irish Girls About Town, February 2005
Paperback (reprint)
Nights of Rain and Stars, September 2004
Hardcover
Quentins, September 2003
Paperback
Scarlet Feather, March 2002
Paperback
Tara Road, July 2000
Mass Market Paperback (reprint)
Silver Wedding, November 0000
Mass Market Paperback
The Copper Beech, November 0000
Mass Market Paperback

Echoes
Maeve Binchy

Signet
March 2007
On Sale: March 6, 2007
560 pages
ISBN: 0451221966
EAN: 9780451221964
Paperback (reprint)
Add to Wish List

Women's Fiction

Two very different children are growing up, shouting their hearts' desires into the echo cave, praying that their destiny will lead them far away from the town in which they live. Castlebay, in winter empty and grey with wind and sea spray, becomes all bustle and colour in the gaudy days of summer – and Tom O'Brien's shop on the edge of the cliff besieged by holidaymakers.nnOne of those children with ambitions to leave Castlebay is Clare, Tom O'Brien's younger daughter. A favourite with the local schoolteacher, she wins a scholarship to University College, Dublin and seems all set for a path of academic glory. The other child dreaming of escape is David Power, the doctor's son, also bound for Dublin university, and probably a dazzling future as a specialist.nnThe paths of these two characters are destined to criss-cross in a quite unforeseen way, and eventually both roads will lead back to Castlebay. The end of this long drama of ambition, betrayal and love is played out in the seaside town where it began, against a backdrop of whispered family gossip and the tangled skein of past friendships.nnMaeve Binchy brings to this story of a marriage all her warmth and power of insight, but as in Light a Penny Candle, the magic of her writing is not just in the story. It lies also in her creation of a supporting cast, from Angela O'Hara the schoolmistress whose priestly brother is not all he seems, to Gerry Doyle, Castlebay's photographer and resident Romeo. And above all it resides in her uncanny ability to recreate the echoes of childhood or the memory of being a teenager in a very particular time and place.nn

Comments

No comments posted.

Registered users may leave comments.
Log in or register now!

© 2003-2025 off-the-edge.net  all rights reserved Privacy Policy