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Light A Penny Candle

Light A Penny Candle

by Maeve Binchy

3.75 out of 5 (8 ratings)

Format:
Paperback 
Pages:
832 
Publisher:
Cornerstone 
Publication Date:
04 May 2006 
Category:
Modern & Contemporary 
ISBN:
9780099498575 

Description

Evacuated from Blitz-battered London, shy and genteel Elizabeth White is sent to stay with the boisterous O'Connors in Kilgarret, Ireland. It is the beginning of an unshakeable bond between Elizabeth and Aisling O'Connor, a friendship which will endure through twenty turbulent years of change and chaos, joy and sorrow, soaring dreams and searing betrayals...Writing with warmth, wit and great compassion, Maeve Binchy tells a magnificent story of the lives and loves of two women, bound together in a friendship that nothing could tear asunder - not even the man who threatened to come between them forever.

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  • As a child, Elizabeth White was sent from her war-torn home in England to the Irish countryside and the town of Kilgarret. There she met the charming Aisling O'Connor and Aisling's bustling and rather large family. The two girls struck up a firm and fast friendship - one which carried them each through the darkest times of their lives.Elizabeth had to deal with the breakup of her parents chilly marriage and Elizabeth was there for Aisling all through her marriage to a raging alcoholic. They always believe that they can overcome anything as long as their friendship lasts. They are about to test that theory.I really enjoyed this book and it is not only a 5 but a 5,000! I give it an A+!

    5.00 out of 5

    moonshineandrosefire

  • As a child, Elizabeth White was sent from her war-torn home in England to the Irish countryside and the town of Kilgarret. There she met the charming Aisling O'Connor and Aisling's bustling and rather large family. The two girls struck up a firm and fast friendship - one which carried them each through the darkest times of their lives.Elizabeth had to deal with the breakup of her parents chilly marriage and Elizabeth was there for Aisling all through her marriage to a raging alcoholic. They always believe that they can overcome anything as long as their friendship lasts. They are about to test that theory.I really enjoyed this book and it is not only a 5 but a 5,000! I give it an A+!

    5.00 out of 5

    rosefireandmoonshine

  • Very good. I found this story of Elizabeth White to be a very intriguing one. Elizabeth is send away from war-torn London (WWII) to a safer Ireland to live with a friend of her mother's. There she meets Aisling O'Connor who becomes her lifelong friend. Once returned to London, Elizabeth must find her own way struggling with her parents' divorce and becoming the woman she wants to be; and Aisling struggles to overcome what is expected of her as a young Irish woman.

    4.00 out of 5

    kp9949

  • Meave an Irish writer, with a compassion and insight into the Irish way of life. The prelude, leaves the reader with an inquisitive mind regarding where the story is going, as it traverses 20 years of 2 girls lives…..It ends with the reader wanting to write or to read the sequel….which is left very much as a question, in the readers mind.

    3.50 out of 5

    maureenmkelly

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