Firefly Summer
Author: Maeve Binchy
FIREFLY SUMMER is the story of four fateful years in the life of a small, sleepy Irish town, and in particular of the family who run the local pub, Interlocking stories of loves lost and won, hopes raised and dashed, ambitions nurtured and secrets betrayed, FIREFLY SUMMER is one of the richest and most dramatic novels Maeve Binchy has written…..Read More
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