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Light a penny candle ; Echoes

The chaotic events of World War II force Elizabeth White, a young English girl, to escape to Ireland, where she shares a friendship with Aisling O'Connor, with whom she endures years of change, joy, sorrow, betrayals, and an unbreakable bond.

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  • "Light a penny candle"@pl
  • "Light a penny candle"@it
  • "Lilac bus"@en

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  • "Evacuated from Blitz-battered London, genteel Elizabeth White is sent to stay with the boisterous Irish O'Connors. It is the beginning of an unshakeable bond between Elizabeth and Aislind O'Connor which will survive twenty years. The author tells the story of the lives and loves of two women, bound together in friendship."
  • "Evacuated from Blitz-battered London, genteel Elizabeth White is sent to stay with the boisterous Irish O'Connors. It is the beginning of an unshakeable bond between Elizabeth and Aisling O'Connor which will survive twenty turbulent. years. This is a magnificent story of the loves and lives of two women, bound together in friendship."
  • "The chaotic events of World War II force Elizabeth White, a young English girl, to escape to Ireland, where she shares a friendship with Aisling O'Connor, with whom she endures years of change, joy, sorrow, betrayals, and an unbreakable bond."@en
  • "When sent from London to live with an Irish family for safety during World War II, Elizabeth becomes friends with the family's vivacious, optimistic daughter, Aisling, and the two learn from each other as they grow to womanhood."
  • "The story of the friendship of two girls from very different backgrounds and unbringing, one English and one Irish, describing their lives over the decades, beginning in 1940."
  • "Aan het begin van de Tweede Wereldoorlog wordt een Engels meisje bij kennissen in Ierland ondergebracht waardoor tussen beide gezinnen een levenslange vriendschap ontstaat, ondanks contrasten in godsdienst en leefwijze."
  • "As a child, Elizabeth White was sent from her war-torn London home to a safer life in the small Irish town of Kilgarret. It was there, in the crowded, chaotic O'Connor household, that she met Aisling-who would become her very best friend, sharing her pet kitten and secretly teaching her the intricacies of Catholicism. Aisling's boldness brought Elizabeth out of her proper shell; later, her support carried Elizabeth through the painful end of her parents' chilly marriage. In return, Elizabeth's friendship helped Aisling endure her own unsatisfying marriage to a raging alcoholic. Through the years, they always believed they could overcome any conflict, conquer any hardship. They believed they could survive anything, as long as they had each other. Now they're about to find out if they were right."@en
  • ""Elizabeth White a dix ans lorsque ses parents l'envoient en Irlande, à l'abri des bombes qui s'abattent sur Londres. Cette enfant trop sage, élevée par un couple aigri, va découvrir à Kilgarret la chaleur et la générosit́é du clan O'Connor, et surtout Aisling, qui a dix ans elle aussi. À cet âge, l'amitié dure le temps d'un été. Mais Elizabeth et Aisling, elles, restent fidèles"--Page 4 of cover."
  • "The story of the friendship of two girls from wildly different backgrounds and unbringing, one English and one Irish, describing their lives over the decades, beginning in 1940."@en
  • "A story of the lives and loves of two women, bound together in friendship.___"@en
  • "Aan het begin van de Tweede Wereldoorlog wordt een Engels meisje bij kennissen in Ierland ondergebracht waardoor tussen beide gezinnen een levenslange vriendschap ontstaat ondanks contrasten in godsdienst en leefwijze."
  • "THE CHILLING DAYS OF WORLD WAR II BROUGHT SHY YOUNG ENGLISHWOMAN ELIZABETH WHITE TO KILGARRET, IRELAND, TO LIVE WITH THE WILD O'CONNOR FAMILY. IT WAS HERE THAT SHE MET AISLING O'CONNOR, THE GIRL DESTINED TO BECOME HER BEST FRIEND. THEY SHARED A ROOM IN THE ROLLICKING O'CONNOR HOUSE AND THEY QUICKLY SHARED THEIR HEARTS. THEIRS WAS A FRIENDSHIP THAT WOULD EDURE THROUGH YEARS OF CHAOS AND CHANGE, JOY AND SORROW, SOARING DREAMS AND SEARING BETRAYLAS AN UNBREAKABLE BOND THAT NOTHING COULD TEAR ASUNDER NOT EVEN THE MAN WHO THREATENED TO COME BETWEEN THEM FOREVER."@en
  • "Elizabeth White is evacuated form wartime London and plunged into a large and contentious family in Irish village of Kilgarret."@en
  • "Elizabeth White and Aisling O'Connor met each other during World War II when Elizabeth came to stay with the O'Connor family and they became best friends. Over time their friendship grows stronger as they grow up, fall in love, deal with family misfortunes and see some of their dreams disappear into dust."
  • "Een Engelse en een Ierse vrouw zijn al sinds hun kindertijd bevriend."
  • "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."
  • ""As a child, Elizabeth White was sent from her war-torn London home to a safer life in the small Irish town of Kilgarret. It was there, in the crowded, chaotic O'Connor household, that she met Aisling--who would become her very best friend, sharing her pet kitten and secretly teaching her the intricacies of Catholicism. Aisling's boldness brought Elizabeth out of her proper shell; later, her support carried Elizabeth through the painful end of her parents' chilly marriage. In return, Elizabeth's friendhip helped Aisling endure her own unsatisfying marriage to a raging alcoholic."--Page 4 of cover."@en
  • "During World War II when London was being bombed, many children were sent to the countryside. Shy, delicate Elizabeth was sent to Ireland to stay with her mother's friend. The warmth and kindness of the O'Connor family won her heart. Ashleen, who was Elizabeth's age, became her blood sister and after the war, their paths crossed many times during their adult years."@en

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  • "Juvenile works"
  • "Domestic fiction"@en
  • "Domestic fiction"
  • "Powieść angielska"
  • "English fiction"
  • "Bildungsromans"@en
  • "Bildungsromans"
  • "Miscellaneous fiction"@en
  • "Belletristische Darstellung"
  • "Large type print"@en
  • "Electronic books"
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Love stories"
  • "Translations"
  • "Translations"@es
  • "Fiction"@es
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Irish fiction"
  • "Irish fiction"@en
  • "Powieść irlandzka"@pl
  • "Erzählende Literatur: Gegenwartsliteratur ab 1945"
  • "Genres littéraires"

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  • "C'ETAIT POURTANT L'ETE"
  • "Irische freundschaften : Roman"
  • "Light a penny candle ; Echoes"@en
  • "Light a penny candle ; The lilac bus"@en
  • "Tänd ett litet ljus : [en roman om kärlek]"@sv
  • "Tænd et lys"@da
  • "Het leven is te mooi voor tranen"
  • "L'amica del cuore"
  • "En vergeet niet te leven"
  • "L'amica del cuore"@it
  • "Light a penny candle, and, the lilac bus"@en
  • "Light A Penny Candle/ The Lilac Bus"
  • "Ei aina käy niin"@fi
  • "Tand ett litet ljus"
  • "Light a penny candle/The Lilac Bus"
  • "Irische freundschaften"
  • "Irische Freundschaften"
  • "Irische Freundschaften : Roman"
  • "C'était pourtant l'été"
  • "Na dobre i na złe"
  • "Na dobre i na złe"@pl
  • "Light a penny candle"@en
  • "Light a penny candle"
  • "Tänd ett litet ljus"@sv
  • "Enciende una vela"@es
  • "Enciende una vela"
  • "Light a Penny Candle"
  • "Irische Freundschaften Roman"
  • "Light a Penny Candle"@en
  • "Tänd ett litet ljus : [roman]"@sv
  • "C'etait pourtant l'ete"@en
  • "Light A Penny Candle"

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