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This Year it Will be Different

This Year it Will be Different

This Year it Will be Different

This Year it Will be Different

by Binchy, Maeve

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ISBN 10
0752876287
ISBN 13
9780752876283
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Orion. First UK edition-12th printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near fine. Fine/Near fine.Orion,2007.First UK edition-12th printing.Blue hardback(gilt lettering to the spine,small nick on the edge of the cover) in fine condition, with Dj(two small nicks and creases on the edges of the Dj cover)in near fine condition.Nice and clean pages as new with a small nick on the outer edges,small crease and nick on the edges of the pages.Nice and clean book with light shelf wear inside the edges of the Dj cover.261pp.Price un-clipped.

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From the New York Times bestselling author of Circle of Friends and The Glass Lake comes This Year It Will Be Different, a stunning new work that brings us the magic and spirit of Christmas in fifteen stories filled with Maeve Binchy's trademark wit, charm, and sheer storytelling genius. Instead of nostalgia, Binchy evokes contemporary life; instead of Christmas homilies, she offers truth; and instead of sugarplums, she brings us the nourishment of holidays that precipitate change, growth, and new beginnings.In "A Typical Irish Christmas," a grieving New York widower heads for a holiday in Ireland and finds an unexpected destination not just for himself, but for a father and daughter at odds. The title story "This Year It Will Be Different" also delves into the emotions of a person at mid-life--a woman with a complacent husband and grown children who are entering a season that can forever alter her life, and theirs. In "Pulling Together," a teacher not yet out of her twenties sees her affair with a married man at a turning point as Christmas Eve approaches--and she may be off on a new direction with some unusual friends. And in the delightful tale "The Hard Core," the four most recalcitrant residents of a nursing home are left alone at Christmas with the owner's daughter in charge: the result is sure to be disaster--or the kind of life-affirming renewal that only the spirit of the season can bring.The stories in This Year It Will Be Different powerfully evoke many lives--step-families grappling with ex's, long-married couples faced with in-law problems, a wandering husband choosing between "the other woman" and his wife, a child caught in grown-up tugs-of-war--during the one holiday when feelings cannot be easily hidden. The time of year may be magical, imbued with meaning. But the situations are universal. And Maeve Binchy makes us care about them all. As the Philadelphia Inquirer noted, "Maeve Binchy's people come to life fully. They make you laugh and cry and disturb your sleep." They do precisely that in this extraordinary collection, on the night before Christmas when we are snug in our beds, or anywhere, any time of the year.From the Hardcover edition.

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Title
This Year it Will be Different
Author
Binchy, Maeve
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Fine
Jacket Condition
Near fine
Quantity Available
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Edition
First UK edition-12th printing
ISBN 10
0752876287
ISBN 13
9780752876283
Publisher
Orion
Place of Publication
London
This edition first published
2007
Keywords
Binchy, Maeve This Year it Will be Different

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