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Maeve Binchy's treasury.

Nā: Momo rauemi: TextTextKaiwhakaputa:Crows Nest, N.S.W. : Allen & Unwin, 2011.Whakaahuatanga: 536 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781742376004
Tētahi atu taitaia:
  • Treasury
Ngā marau: Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 823.914 23
Contents:
Golden willow -- Miss Martin's wish -- The extended family -- Travelling hopefully -- A typical Irish Christmas -- What is happiness? -- The best inn in town -- The civilised Christmas -- Pulling together -- The Christmas Barramundi -- This year it will be different -- A hundred milligrams -- The first step of Christmas -- The ten snaps of Christmas -- Season of fuss -- Christmas timing -- How about you? -- Christmas present -- The white trolley -- The feast of Stephen -- Affair before Christmas -- The Christmas child -- The apprenticeship -- Bran's horizons -- The sporting decision -- Part of it all -- The September letters -- A villa for four -- Gerald and Rose -- By the time we get to Clifton -- The return journey -- Victor and St Valentine -- Excitement -- Cross lines -- Holiday weather -- The homesitter -- The crossing -- A holiday with your father -- Package tour -- The business trip -- The women in hats -- The wrong suitcase -- Miss Vogel's vacation.
Summary: Maeve Binchy is one of the worlds best loved story tellers. This collection from Australia and around the world gives us stories that are sad and happy, thoughtful and humourous, but always abounding with the authors trade mark generosity of spirit. Families, friends, lovers and the lonely, all are drawn with affection and wisdom. * Elsa makes a Christmas wish at the Statue of Liberty which comes true in a most unexpected way. * Amy opts for the simple life when Dan bites off more than he can chew. * Frankie uses an unexpected trip with Robert to find out what she really wants from their relationship. * Victor, a self-confessed hopeless romantic, accompanies a friend to Australia with no thought of love on his mind. * Nick and Janet meet at the Sydney Fish Markets...everything seems perfect, what could go wrong? * Victoria imagines what it would mean to her widowed father to join her in his beloved Paris for a weekend. * Bran enters a competition to broaden his horizons.
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Fiction South LibraryPlus Fiction Fiction BIN (Tirotirohia te whatanga(Opens below)) 1 Wātea A0065937X
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Originally published: 1995.

Golden willow -- Miss Martin's wish -- The extended family -- Travelling hopefully -- A typical Irish Christmas -- What is happiness? -- The best inn in town -- The civilised Christmas -- Pulling together -- The Christmas Barramundi -- This year it will be different -- A hundred milligrams -- The first step of Christmas -- The ten snaps of Christmas -- Season of fuss -- Christmas timing -- How about you? -- Christmas present -- The white trolley -- The feast of Stephen -- Affair before Christmas -- The Christmas child -- The apprenticeship -- Bran's horizons -- The sporting decision -- Part of it all -- The September letters -- A villa for four -- Gerald and Rose -- By the time we get to Clifton -- The return journey -- Victor and St Valentine -- Excitement -- Cross lines -- Holiday weather -- The homesitter -- The crossing -- A holiday with your father -- Package tour -- The business trip -- The women in hats -- The wrong suitcase -- Miss Vogel's vacation.

Maeve Binchy is one of the worlds best loved story tellers. This collection from Australia and around the world gives us stories that are sad and happy, thoughtful and humourous, but always abounding with the authors trade mark generosity of spirit. Families, friends, lovers and the lonely, all are drawn with affection and wisdom. * Elsa makes a Christmas wish at the Statue of Liberty which comes true in a most unexpected way. * Amy opts for the simple life when Dan bites off more than he can chew. * Frankie uses an unexpected trip with Robert to find out what she really wants from their relationship. * Victor, a self-confessed hopeless romantic, accompanies a friend to Australia with no thought of love on his mind. * Nick and Janet meet at the Sydney Fish Markets...everything seems perfect, what could go wrong? * Victoria imagines what it would mean to her widowed father to join her in his beloved Paris for a weekend. * Bran enters a competition to broaden his horizons.

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