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The copper beech

Eight children once carved their names on the trunk of the great copper beech which shaded the schoolhouse in Shancarring. Now these children are grown and for each one Shancarring holds special memories, some too private to be told.

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  • "Eight children once carved their names on the trunk of the great copper beech which shaded the schoolhouse in Shancarring. Now these children are grown and for each one Shancarring holds special memories, some too private to be told."@en
  • "In the small Irish town of Shancarrig, children carved their names on the copper beech tree in the schoolgrounds. With warmth and humour this novel traces the lives and loves of some of these children."
  • "Tells of eight dreamers who went to school together in Shancarrig, Ireland. Maddy has a secret love; Eddie has a surprising friendship; they all have extraordinary stories to tell."
  • "Eight children once carved their names on the trunk of the great copper beech which shaded the schoolhouse in Shancarrig, Ireland. Now those children are grown. For each one, Shancarrig holds special memories."@en
  • "Eight children once carved their names on the trunk of the great copper beech which shades the schoolhouse in Shancarrig, Ireland. Now these children are grown, but it was the school that formed them and made them what they are. For each, their hometown holds special memories."
  • "In the Irish town of Schancarrig, the young carve their initials--and those of their loves-into the copper beech tree in front of the schoolhouse. But not even Father Gunn, the parish priest, who knows most of what goes on behind Schancarrig's closed doors, or Dr. Jims, the village doctor, who knows all the rest, realizes that not everything in the placid village is what it seems."@en
  • "Carved on the trunk of the mighty copper beech tree that embraces the schoolyard in Shancarrig are declarations of love, hope, and identity-the youthful dreams of the children who studied there. Now grown, yet shaped by their years in the schoolhouse, they lead differnt lives. "The Copper Beech" is about eight of these dreamers."
  • "In the Irish town of Schancarrig, the young carve their initials--and those of their loves-into the copper beech tree in front of the schoolhouse. But not even Father Gunn, the parish priest, who knows most of what goes on behind Shancarrig's closed doors, or Dr. Jims, the village doctor, who knows all the rest, realizes that not everything in the placid village is what it seems.--"@en
  • "Reveals the lives of the residents of a small town in rural Ireland from the thirties to the eighties."@en
  • "Eight children once carved their names on the trunk of the great copper beech which shaded the schoolhouse in Shancarrig. Now those children are grown. For each one, Shancarrig holds special memories."@en
  • "In a small Irish town, the lives and loves of eight fascinating people entwine."@en
  • "A story set in contemporary Ireland of tantalizing secrets, and of the passion and betrayal that inhabit seemingly ordinary lives."@en
  • "Maeve Binchy has set her fifth novel in contemporary Ireland, in the little midland parish village of Shancarrig. There, a magnificent copper beech tree shades the school yard, its trunk bearing the names of dozens of Shancarrig school children. Each has a story that reveals the passions and dark secrets behind seemingly ordinary lives."@en
  • "Eight children once carved their names on the trunk of the great copper beech tree which shades the schoolhouse in Shancarrig. Now those children are grown. They have different lives but it was the school that formed them and made them what they are. For each their home town of Shancarrig holds special memories, some too private ever to be told."@en

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