Synopses & Reviews
It was a summer of warmth.... Kate Ryan and her husband, John, have a rollicking pub in the Irish village of Mountfern... lovely twelve-year-old twins... and such wonderful dreams.... It was a summer of innocence... but all that is about to change this fateful summer of 1962 when American millionaire Patrick O'Neill comes to town with his irresistible charm and a pocketful of money... when love and hate vie for a town's quiet heart and old traditions begin to crumble away.... It was a summer of love that would never come again.... A time that has been captured forever in Maeve Binchy's compelling family drama... a novel you will never forget.
From the Paperback edition.
Synopsis
Every summer the four Ryan children play in the ruins of Fernscourt, the once-grand house on the bank of the river.
But when the estate is bought by Patrick O'Neill, the wealthy Irish American, his grand plans for its development threaten to shatter the peace. A new luxury hotel promises to breathe new life into the village, and yet it could also spell disaster for the Ryan family.
And as old values and traditions begin to crumble away, no-one - not even Patrick - can predict what his big dreams will do to the heart of their quiet village.
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'Wonderfully warm and involving' KATIE FFORDE
'If any author can help you survive lockdown, it's Binchy' DAILY MAIL
'Firefly Summer is warm, humorous, sad and happy. Reading it is a joy' IRISH INDEPENDENT
'I find myself yearning for the rain-soaked watercolour writing of Maeve Binchy' JENNY COLGAN, GUARDIAN Best Comfort Reads
'Binchy's novels are never less than entertaining' SUNDAY TIMES
'What better books to raise the spirits than the gentle, insightful Irish tales of Maeve Binchy?' HELLO Magazine
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Readers love Firefly Summer ...
***** 'Maeve Binchy never disappoints. I loved this book.'
***** 'Date I finished this book is impossible to say, as I've read it so many times.'
***** 'I loved this book Such a great story '
***** 'Firefly Summer keeps readers engaged with the quotidian but never dull lives of Irish village life.'
***** 'This is what good fiction does, gives you a story, draws you in, and won't let go and Binchy is at the height of her powers with this novel.'
About the Author
Maeve Binchy is the bestselling author of
This Year It Will Be Different,
The Glass Lake,
The Copper Beech,
The Lilac Bus, Circle of Friends,
Silver Wedding,
Firefly Summer,
Echoes,
Light a Penny Candle, and
London Transports. She has written two plays and a teleplay that won three awards at the Prague Film Festival. A writer for The Irish Times since 1969, she lives with her husband, writer and broadcaster Gordon Snell, in London and Dublin.
From the Paperback edition.