Firefly Summer - Hardcover

Binchy, Maeve

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0440500176 ISBN 13: 9780440500179

Publisher: Delacorte Pr, 1988

Synopsis

It was a summer of warmth.... Kate Ryan and her  husband, John, have a rollicking pub in the Irish  village of Mountfern... lovely twelve-year-old  twins... and such wonderful dreams.... It was a summer  of innocence... but all that is about to change  this fateful summer of 1962 when American  millionaire Patrick O'Neill comes to town with his  irresistible charm and a pocketful of money... when love  and hate vie for a town's quiet heart and old  traditions begin to crumble away.... It was a summer of  love that would never come again.... A time that  has been captured forever in Maeve Binchy's  compelling family drama... a novel you will never forget.

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Firefly Summer

Review:

" Totally engrossing.... Unforgettable.... An absolutely grand story.... A lyrical and compelling family drama.... Mountfern and its residents come vibrantly alive." -- "The Plain Dealer."
" The secrets hidden behind lace curtains, a young girl's first kiss, children's summer games, unexpected pregnancies, sudden deaths. She makes us feel as if we also know the place and the people.... One of those good old-fashioned stories that are as comfortable and comforting as home itself." -- "The Philadelphia Inquirer"

"Totally engrossing....Unforgettable.... An absolutely grand story.... A lyrical andcompelling family drama.... Mountfern and itsresidents come vibrantly alive." -- "ThePlain Dealer."
"The secrets hiddenbehind lace curtains, a young girl's first kiss, children's summer games, unexpected pregnancies, suddendeaths. She makes us feel as if we also know theplace and the people.... One of those goodold-fashioned stories that are as comfortable andcomforting as home itself." -- "ThePhiladelphia Inquirer""

"Totally engrossing.... Unforgettable.... An absolutely grand story.... A lyrical and compelling family drama.... Mountfern and its residents come vibrantly alive." -- The Plain Dealer.

"The secrets hidden behind lace curtains, a young girl's first kiss, children's summer games, unexpected pregnancies, sudden deaths. She makes us feel as if we also know the place and the people.... One of those good old-fashioned stories that are as comfortable and comforting as home itself." -- The Philadelphia Inquirer

About this edition

• Publisher: Delacorte Pr
• Publication date: 1988
• ISBN 10: 0440500176
• ISBN 13: 9780440500179
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 572