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The Copper Beech is a 1992 novel by the Irish author Maeve Binchy. Set in the 1950s and 1960s, the storyline follows the lives of eight characters and those closest to them living in a small Irish town, in chapters with interlocking plot elements.
- Maeve Binchy
- 1992
Jan 1, 1992 · 'The Copper Beech' is a series of interwoven character studies, which tell different parts of a story of a small town community in Ireland, in the middle and late twentieth century. It opens with the description of a large beech tree, which gives shade in the grounds of a primary school.
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “The Copper Beech is as soothing as a cup of tea.”—People. In the little Irish town of Shancarrig, the young people carve their initials—and those of their loves—into the copper beech tree in front of the schoolhouse.
The Copper Beech. By Marie Howe. Immense, entirely itself, it wore that yard like a dress, with limbs low enough for me to enter it. and climb the crooked ladder to where. I could lean against the trunk and practice being alone. One day, I heard the sound before I saw it, rain fell. darkening the sidewalk.
Shancarrig School stands in the shade of a glorious old copper beech whose colours tell the passing of the seasons and the years: a tree that has watched over many lives. The school mistress keeps a careful eye on the children, each of whom have their own hopes, dreams and ambitions for the future.
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- Maeve Binchy
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The eponymous copper beech is a huge tree that shades the tiny schoolhouse in the village of Shancarrig. For generations, graduating pupils have carved their initials on the massive trunk, and the book examines what has become of some of them.
- Maeve Binchy
