Whitethorn Woods by Maeve Binchy

Whitethorn Woods

by Maeve Binchy

Orion Books, 2007, ISBN 9780752881478, paperback

Very Good Condition, a little edge and shelf wear, a little rubbing and bumping to edges and corners, no inscriptions, uncreased spine (see photographs)

“Everything is changing in Rossmore.  No longer a sleepy Irish town, nowadays it’s a prosperous place, so busy that a new bypass has been proposed.  The people of Rossmore are divided, particularly since the road will go right through the Whitethorn Woods and the well dedicated to St Ann – a well thought by some to have spiritual properties, and by others dismissed as superstition.  Well-meaning curate Father Brian Flynn has no idea which faction to support.  Neddy Nolan is being offered compensation for his land – but has a personal reason to save the well.  Then there’s the childless London woman who came to the Whitethorn Woods, begging the saint for help, with the most unexpected consequences…”