The Copper Beech
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Journal Entry 1 by angellica from Worksop, Nottinghamshire United Kingdom on Wednesday, June 1, 2005
Book Description
An old copper beech overlooks a school, and witnesses all the hopes and loves, dreams and ambitions of the children who grew up there.
Synopsis
By the school house at Shancarrig stands a copper beech, its bark scarred with the names and dreams of the pupils who have grown up under its branches. Under Junior Assistant Mistress Maddy Ross's careful gaze the children play, but out of school Maddy's gaze lingers where it shouldn't. Maura Brennan, a bundle of fun from the rough end of town, plays with her pals: leap year baby Eddie Barton, the apple of his mother's eye, and Nessa Ryan, who little realises as she carves his name at the roots of the copper beech on the very last day of school that she'll get a lot more from one of her schoolmates than her first shy kiss. The copper beech is the gateway to Maeve Binchy's marvellous portrait of a small Irish town whose untroubled surface conceals the passions, rivalries, friendships, ambitions and jealousies beneath.
An old copper beech overlooks a school, and witnesses all the hopes and loves, dreams and ambitions of the children who grew up there.
Synopsis
By the school house at Shancarrig stands a copper beech, its bark scarred with the names and dreams of the pupils who have grown up under its branches. Under Junior Assistant Mistress Maddy Ross's careful gaze the children play, but out of school Maddy's gaze lingers where it shouldn't. Maura Brennan, a bundle of fun from the rough end of town, plays with her pals: leap year baby Eddie Barton, the apple of his mother's eye, and Nessa Ryan, who little realises as she carves his name at the roots of the copper beech on the very last day of school that she'll get a lot more from one of her schoolmates than her first shy kiss. The copper beech is the gateway to Maeve Binchy's marvellous portrait of a small Irish town whose untroubled surface conceals the passions, rivalries, friendships, ambitions and jealousies beneath.
Journal Entry 2 by angellica at Sheffield Meet @ The Showroom in Sheffield, South Yorkshire United Kingdom on Saturday, July 9, 2005
Released 18 yrs ago (7/9/2005 UTC) at Sheffield Meet @ The Showroom in Sheffield, South Yorkshire United Kingdom
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Picked up at book crossers' meet up 9/7/05
Not the best Maeve Binchy I have read. Seemed a little predictable but she does have the skill to keep you going. Perhaps it all seems a little too contrived and pleasant - things mostly work out OK and the come-uppances seem to happy to the least likeable people. But a comfortable read, just right for an undemanding few hours. I've passed the book to a friend recovering in hospital as I think it will be just right for her in her situation. Will release it properly when I get it back.
