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  • Whitethorn Woods

  • By: Maeve Binchy
  • Narrated by: Kate Binchy
  • Length: 5 hrs and 44 mins
  • 3.3 out of 5 stars (3 ratings)

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Whitethorn Woods

By: Maeve Binchy
Narrated by: Kate Binchy
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Publisher's Summary

When a new highway threatens to bypass the town of Rossmore and cut through Whitethorn Woods, everyone has a passionate opinion about whether the town will benefit or suffer. But young Father Flynn is most concerned with the fate of St. Ann's Well, which is set at the edge of the woods and slated for destruction. People have been coming to St. Ann's for generations to share their dreams and fears, and speak their prayers. Some believe it to be a place of true spiritual power, demanding protection; others think it's a mere magnet for superstitions, easily sacrificed.

Not knowing which faction to favor, Father Flynn listens to all those caught up in the conflict, and these are the voices we hear in the stories of Whitethorn Woods ¿ men and women deciding between the traditions of the past and the promises of the future, ordinary people brought vividly to life by Binchy's generosity and empathy, and in the vivacity and surprise of her storytelling.

©2006 Maeve Binchy (P)2006 Orion Publishing Group Ltd

Critic Reviews

"Stories of greed, infidelity, mental illness, incest, the joys of being single, the struggles of modern career women, alcoholism, and the heartbreak of parenting span generations, simply and poignantly. Binchy takes it all in and orchestrates the whole masterfully." ( Publishers Weekly)

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