The Copper Beech by Maeve Binchy
by Clarissa
The Books We Read / Best Seller, Fiction / The Copper Beech by Maeve Binchy
Filed Under: Best Seller, Fiction December 27, 2009, 11:13 pm
This book felt more like a selection of short stories all centred around a common theme than a novel. The book opens with a description of a small rural school with a huge copper beech tree in the yard, in Ireland. Each successive section describes the life of someone from the village connected to the tree or school. Each story has it’s own start and finish but the characters from each section interact. One is about Mrs. Kelly and another about Maddy. Maddy works with Mrs. Kelly in the school. But the section about Mrs. Kelly has very little to do with Maddy even though she does make occasional appearances.
It was interesting. I liked it because I could read one section and put it down. There were no cliff hanger endings that would make me want to finish it in one sitting. I found that really nice.
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Clarissa is a stay-at-home mother of two. The last two years she has been wrapping up a degree in psychology after taking a six-year baby hiatus from her studies. Now that she is done reading text books she doesn't have to feel guilty curling up with some good fiction. Her favourite book is Little Women.
