FIREFLY SUMMER is the story of four fateful years in the life of a small, sleepy Irish town, and in particular of the family who run the local pub, Interlocking stories of loves lost and won, hopes raised and dashed, ambitions nurtured and secrets betrayed, FIREFLY SUMMER is one of the richest and most dramatic novels Maeve Binchy has written.
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Product details

ISBN
9781787462878
Published
1999-01-01
Publisher
Cornerstone
Height
198 mm
Width
129 mm
Age
01, G
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Number of pages
928

Author

Biographical note

Maeve Binchy was born in Dublin, and went to school at the Holy Child Convent in Killiney. She took a history degree at UCD and taught in various girls' schools, writing travel articles in the long summer holidays. In 1969 she joined the Irish Times and for many years she was based in London writing humorous columns from all over the world. She is the author of five collections of short stories as well as twelve novels including Circle of Friends, The Copper Beech, Tara Road, Evening Class and The Glass Lake. Maeve Binchy died on 30 July 2012. She is survived by her husband, the writer Gordon Snell.