This Year it Will be Different: A Christmas Treasury

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Filled with Maeve Binchy's trademark wit and true storytelling genius, THIS YEAR IT WILL BE DIFFERENT powerfully evokes the lives of of wives, husbands, children, friends and lovers, all set during the one holiday when feelings cannot easily be hidden. There are step-families grappling with exes; long-married couples faced with in-law problems; a wandering husband choosing between the other woman and his wife; a child caught up in a grown-up tug-of-war...The festive season may be magical, but it can also be a time of family difficulties, a time to reflect on relationships; a time of change.

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Published
20/09/2007

Publisher
Orion (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )

ISBN
9780752876283

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'There's nobody like Binchy for warming the cockles, and this collection of Christmas stories warms them to white heat.' -- Kate Saunders THE TIMES 'with her gift for effortless characterisation and homely detail, she evokes power shifts in families, unwelcome discoveries, conspiracies, affairs, forgiveness, sorrow and the rebirth of optimism with her usual warmth and sympathy.' -- Elizabeth Buchan SUNDAY TIMES 'Brilliant, family-oriented short stories ... Binchy fans will love it - i did! 5/5' WOMAN'S OWN