About this work of fiction
This year it will be different and other stories : a Christmas treasury by Binchy, Maeve is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
<p><P>From the <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>Circle of Friends, The Glass Lake,</i> and <i>Evening Class</i> 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. . . <P>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
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- Author
- Binchy, Maeve
- Publisher
- New York: Dell
- Published
- 1997
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780440223573
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Fiction, Romance