Light A Penny Candle by Maeve Binchy - ISBN: 9781787461536
Paperback
An unlikely friendship forged in war, tested by love and betrayal.

Light A Penny Candle

Her classic debut bestseller

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  • Paperback

    848 pages

  • Release Date

    15 February 2019

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Summary

A timeless bestseller from one of Tom Hanks’ favourite authors’Maeve Binchy! I love her stories and have since Light a Penny Candle.’ TOM HANKS

A FRIENDSHIP NOTHING COULD DESTROY.

Evacuated from Blitz-battered London, the shy Elizabeth White is sent to stay with the O’Connor family in Kilgarret, Ireland, where she strikes up an unlikely friendship with the lively, boisterous Aisling O’Connor.

Neither of them were to know it would become the most important friendship of…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781787461536
ISBN-10:178746153X
Author:Maeve Binchy
Publisher:Cornerstone
Imprint:Arrow Books Ltd
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:848
Release Date:15 February 2019
Weight:608g
Dimensions:199mm x 134mm x 48mm
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Critics Review

‘The ideal doorstopper to occupy long, dark evenings’

‘The ideal doorstopper to occupy long, dark evenings’ * Daily Mail *She was just so aware of everyday people, and when I read her first book, Light a Penny Candle, I swore I knew every character in the book. I have read and re-read most of her books. I could not pick one, just all Maeve Binchy. She helps me switch off! – Veronica McSwiney * Irish Independent *

About The Author

Maeve Binchy

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.

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