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• In the Irish town of Shancarrig, the young people carve their intials - and those of the people that they love - into the trunk of an ancient copper beech tree in front of the schoolhouse. But not even the parish priest, Father Gunn, who knows everything that goes on behind closed doors, or Dr. Jims, the village doctor, who knows all the rest, realizes that not everything in the placid town is as it seems.Unexpected passions and fear are bringing together so many people; the handsome new priest and Miss Ross, the shy, beautiful school teacher, Leonora, the privileged daughter of one of the town's richest families and Foxy Dunne, whose father did time in jail. There is also Nessa Ryan, whose parents own Ryan's Hotel, and two very different young men. For now the secrets deep in Shancarrig's shadows are being revealed, from innocent vanities and hidden loves, to crimes of the heart and murder.I really enjoyed this book. I had read it several years ago as well and loved it then as well. I give it an A+!

  5.00 out of 5

  rosefireandmoonshine

• This was a magnificent book written in a simple, yet evocative language. The way everyone's lives are interconnected is demonstrated in this serious of touching stories about life in a small Irish town. The thread that knits the sttories together is the old Copper Beech tree at Shancarrig school where students carve their names.As we read each character's story, the life of the town emerges into our conciousness. This book shows that every place, no matter how drab, has a story and that we can never know what is happening in the life of another.I was touched to the quick by this story and had trouble putting it down. A tale that will remain in my memory forever.I would recommend this book to anyone....

  5.00 out of 5

  seldombites

• In the Irish town of Shancarrig, the young people carve their intials - and those of the people that they love - into the trunk of an ancient copper beech tree in front of the schoolhouse. But not even the parish priest, Father Gunn, who knows everything that goes on behind closed doors, or Dr. Jims, the village doctor, who knows all the rest, realizes that not everything in the placid town is as it seems.Unexpected passions and fear are bringing together so many people; the handsome new priest and Miss Ross, the shy, beautiful school teacher, Leonora, the privileged daughter of one of the town's richest families and Foxy Dunne, whose father did time in jail. There is also Nessa Ryan, whose parents own Ryan's Hotel, and two very different young men. For now the secrets deep in Shancarrig's shadows are being revealed, from innocent vanities and hidden loves, to crimes of the heart and murder.I really enjoyed this book. I had read it several years ago as well and loved it then as well. I give it an A+!

  5.00 out of 5

  moonshineandrosefire

• My daughter Laurie has previously mentioned this favorite author and when she died July 30, 2012, Laurie told this book was her favorite Binchy novel so I read it. It tells of kids who go to a village school, and how they proceed to emerge from ht trials aof their youth. Some do wll, others less well, but all the accounts are full of interest and many are highly poignant. Especially movind was an accoun of a child lving in the village with her aunt anduncle and who feeared her father in Chicago would come and take her with him away from her Irish home. Some of the lives of the characters are filled with darkness. The school, by the epnymous tree, is sold at the end of the book and who will get it is a source of tension. A thouralghy engaging and ofen highly poignant book, very easy to read

  4.00 out of 5

  Schmerguls

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