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This Year It Will Be Different: And Other Stories
Product Details
ISBN: 9780440223573
Format: Paperback
Pages: 259
Publish Date: 11/01/97
Publisher: Dell Pub Co
Item Number: BANTA022357
Christmas stories by Maeve Binchy.
From the New York Times bestselling author of Circle of Friends, The Glass Lake, and Evening Class comes a stunning collection of fifteen Christmas stories filled with Maeve Binchy's trademark wit, charm, and sheer storytelling genius. In "A Typical Irish Christmas," a grieving widower heads for a holiday in Ireland and finds an unexpected destination not just for himself, but for a father and daughter in crisis. . . . 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 in the title story, "This Year It Will Be Different," a woman with a complacent husband and grown children enters a season that will forever alter her life, and theirs. . . These stories, and a dozen more, powerfully evoke many lives--from step-families grappling with exes to children 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 timeless. And Maeve Binchy makes us care about them all.
Maeve Binchy portrays Christmas in contemporary lives readers will never forget. A woman with a complacent husband; a young teacher facing Christmas Eve without her true love; a married man; a father and daughter in crisis; and many others during the one holiday when feelings cannot be easily hidden. Illuminated with Maeve Binchy's trademark wit, charm, and storytelling genius, each scene is as authentic as a cherished holiday photograph.
Note 1:
From the New York Times bestselling author of Circle of Friends, The Glass Lake, and Evening Class comes a stunning collection of fifteen Christmas stories filled with Maeve Binchy's trademark wit, charm, and sheer storytelling genius. In "A Typical Irish Christmas," a grieving widower heads for a holiday in Ireland and finds an unexpected destination not just for himself, but for a father and daughter in crisis. . . . 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 in the title story, "This Year It Will Be Different," a woman with a complacent husband and grown children enters a season that will forever alter her life, and theirs. . . These stories, and a dozen more, powerfully evoke many lives--from step-families grappling with exes to children 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 timeless. And Maeve Binchy makes us care about them all.
Note 2:
Maeve Binchy portrays Christmas in contemporary lives readers will never forget. A woman with a complacent husband; a young teacher facing Christmas Eve without her true love; a married man; a father and daughter in crisis; and many others during the one holiday when feelings cannot be easily hidden. Illuminated with Maeve Binchy's trademark wit, charm, and storytelling genius, each scene is as authentic as a cherished holiday photograph.
Review 1:
"At the top of the list is the wonderful Irish writer Maeve Binchy....You have to marvel at how many times she can go to the well--15 in this volume--and still come back with a touching, funny, bittersweet story that illustrates the odd human truths behind those horrible fights you get into with your relatives during the holidays."
12/08/1996
Review 2:
"...[A] bit of sentimentality and a touch of romance, along with humor and hopeful turns to treat those with cases of the holiday blues."
08/01/1996
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