This Year It Will Be DifferentInstead 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. The stories in This Year It Will Be Different powerfully evoke many lives - step-families grappling with exes, 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. |
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THIS YEAR IT WILL BE DIFFERENT: and Other Stories
Reseña de usuario - KirkusA collection of Christmas-centered feel-good tales about love and family snarls in the season of comfort and joy. All are rendered in Binchy's popular unglossed style (The Glass Lake, 1995, etc.), and ... Leer reseña completa
Great Collection of Holiday Stories
Reseña de usuario - sebuck - Overstock.comMaeve Binchy is one of my favorite Irish authors and this is a great collection of holidaythemed short stories. Fun to read around the holidays or a great Christmas gift. Cover of actual product received was more updated than picture shown. Leer reseña completa
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This Year it Will be Different and Other Stories: A Christmas Treasury Maeve Binchy Vista de fragmentos - 1996 |
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