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Evening Class

The new Italian evening class at Mountainview School is like hundreds of others. But this one has a special quality: the hopes and dreams of many are tied up in the twice-weekly sessions. They learn far more than they bargained for, and by the time they set off on a trip to Italy at the end of the year, everyone?s destiny has changed.

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  • "The new Italian evening class at Mountainview School is like hundreds of others. But this one has a special quality: the hopes and dreams of many are tied up in the twice-weekly sessions. They learn far more than they bargained for, and by the time they set off on a trip to Italy at the end of the year, everyone?s destiny has changed."@en
  • "A class of adults gathers twice a week at a school in Dublin to learn Italian. As the lessons proceed the hopes, fears and dreams of the students unfold. Some are romantics, looking for love. Others want to improve their self-respect. Still others want secrets unlocked. They all learn more than they bargained for."
  • "Among the many evening classes starting all over Dublin is an Introduction to Italian. On the surface it could be just one of hundreds in which some students will succeed and some will fall along the way. But the Italian class at Mountainview School has its own special quality and the hopes and dreams of so many people are tied up in the twice weekly lessons. The students learn far more than they ever bargained for and by the time they are ready to set off on the promised trip to Italy at the end of the year, everyone's destiny has changed utterly."
  • "An evening class in Italian becomes a catalyst in the lives of its participants, students and teacher alike, as they come together, becoming absorbed in one another's lives and experiencing changing and growing relationships as their class culminates in a magical trip to Italy."@en
  • "An evening class in Italian becomes a catalyst in the lives of its participants, students and teacher alike, as they come together, becoming absorbed in one another's lives and experiencing changing and growing relationships as their class culminates in a magical trip to Italy."
  • "An evening class in introductory Italian is taught by two teachers, each desperately looking for something missing in their lives, and many of the students also have their own problems that they hope to solve by a trip to Italy when the class is over."@en
  • "The Mountainview School in working-class Dublin boasts a brightly festooned room brimming with paper flowers and Renaissance posters. There, in an evening class, "An Introduction to Italian," comes Aiden Dunne, the supervisor, signora, professoressa, and thirty or so students, whose hopes and dreams are bound up in Tuesday and Thursday lessons."
  • "The new Italian evening class at Mountainview School in Dublin is like hundreds of others starting up all over the city, but this one has a special quality. The students learn far more than they bargained for. By the time they are ready to set off to Italy at the end of the year, everyone's destiny has changed utterly."@en
  • "The new Italian evening class at Mountainview School is like hundreds of others. But this one has a special quality: the hopes and dreams of many are tied up in the twice-weekly sessions. They learn far more than they bargained for, and by the time they set off on a trip to Italy at the end of the year, everyone's destiny has changed."
  • "The new Italian evening class at Mountainview School is like hundreds of others. But this one has a special quality: the hopes and dreams of many are tied up in the twice-weekly sessions. They learn far more than they bargained for, and by the time they set off on a trip to Italy at the end of the year, everyone's destiny has changed."@en
  • "Hoping to revitalize a dead-end career, Latin teacher Aidan Dunne is forming an evening Italian class. But the prospect of attracting students to his small secondary school on the seamy side of Dublin is daunting --until the appearance of Signora. This mysterious Irish woman, who speaks fluent Italian, has a contagious passion for Italy and for life. When she agrees to teach the class to a motley group of Dubliners, the consequences are life-altering for all of them."@en
  • "A class of adults gathers twice a week at a school in Dublin to learn Italian. As the lessons proceed the hopes, fears and dreams of the students unfold. Some are romantics, looking for love. Others want to improve their self-respect. still others want secrets unlocked. They all learn more than they bargained for."@en
  • "The new Italian evening class at Mountainview School in Dublin is like hundreds of others starting up all over the city -- but this one has its own special quality ... the hopes and dreams of so many people are tied up in in the twice-weekly sessions. They come to the evening class, but by the time they are ready to set off on the promised trip to Italy at the end of the year, everyone's destiny has changed utterly."@en
  • "Novel evokes the lives of eight Dubliners who come together in an "Introduction to Italian" class which culminates in a magical viaggio to Italy. It was the quiet ones you had to watch. That's where the real passion was lurking. They came together at Mountainview College, a down-at-the-heels secondary school on the seamy side of Dublin, to take a course in Italian. It was Latin teacher Aidan Dunne's last chance to revive a failing marriage and a dead-end career. But Aidan's dream was headed for disaster until the mysterious Signora appeared, transforming a shared passion for Italy into a life-altering adventure for them all...bank clerk Bill and his dizzy fiance Lizzie: a couple headed for trouble...Kathy, a hardworking innocent propelled into adulthood in a shocking moment of truth...Connie, the gorgeous rich lady with a scandal ready to explode...glowering Lou, who joined the class as a cover for crime. And Signora, whose passionate past remained a secret as she changed all their lives forever...."@en
  • "Students in working-class Dublin attend an evening class "An Introduction to Italian". For all the students the thought of a trip to Italy when the course has been completed involves a different kind of drama. And by the time they are ready to set out on the journey, each one's life has changed utterly."@en

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