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A review by leemac027
Whitethorn Woods by Maeve Binchy
4.0
Maeve Binchy has such an easy writing style - a book you can slide into without too much effort and purely enjoy the ride.
Rossmore is a small village in Ireland but progress is coming with the planning of a new bypass. This bypass will take the trucks and traffic out of the way but will it also take business away as well? There are many opinions about whether this is a good idea or not and on top of this dilemma, there is a wood nearby containing a well dedicated to St Ann and if the bypass goes in, the well goes out.
Binchy cleverly winds the stories of people in the village, their inter-relationships, dilemmas, history, biases and passions into a wonderful story about being human. We can recognise ourselves in the characters and how the various plots weave in and out of their lives.
The ever present and helpful Father Flynn finds himself in the middle of the bypass debate, awkwardly supporting both sides of the argument - where will he end up?
There is love and lots of humour in this wonderful book.
Rossmore is a small village in Ireland but progress is coming with the planning of a new bypass. This bypass will take the trucks and traffic out of the way but will it also take business away as well? There are many opinions about whether this is a good idea or not and on top of this dilemma, there is a wood nearby containing a well dedicated to St Ann and if the bypass goes in, the well goes out.
Binchy cleverly winds the stories of people in the village, their inter-relationships, dilemmas, history, biases and passions into a wonderful story about being human. We can recognise ourselves in the characters and how the various plots weave in and out of their lives.
The ever present and helpful Father Flynn finds himself in the middle of the bypass debate, awkwardly supporting both sides of the argument - where will he end up?
There is love and lots of humour in this wonderful book.