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In the wake of her mother's tragic drowning, spirited Kit comes to the realization that she has never belonged in her family's town of Lough Glass and confronts some painful secrets that she has been avoiding. Reprint.
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- Lena Gray: Add a description of this character.
- Maura Hayes
- Stevie Sullivan
- Martin Mcmahon
- Clio
- Anna Kelly
- Emmet Mcmahon
- Rita
- Sister Madeleine
- Michael O'connor
- Jessie
- Mother Bernard
- Philip O'brien
- Helen Mcmahon
- Peter Kelly
- James Williams
- Mr. Millar
- Kevin O'connor
- Mrs. Hanley
- Lilian
- Ernest
- Frankie
- Mary Paula
- Dryden
- Louis Gray
- Sean O'connor
- Kathleen Sullivan
- Mrs. Dillon
- Kevin Wall
- Dan O'brien
- Grace
- Michael Sullivan
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“For Lena it was simple. Love was something that happened, you had no control of it. It took over.”
Lena
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“The great trouble with most of us is that we think too much about ourselves, that’s what makes our problems seem so much more important than they are. Now, if you were to think about someone else…”
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“Of course it was, but God is always talking to us. The thing is to be sure and hear the bit that he wants us to hear.”
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These were timid people, she remembered, people who feared ritual and occasion. They didn’t realize that they controlled it, and they could run it. They thought it controlled them.
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She remembered hearing a coal miner, who had managed to hack his way out of a pit disaster, saying on the radio: I tried to think of something else, not the big thing. I wouldn’t allow myself to believe that I might be dead, so I thought about the garden shed I was building, and I went through all the wood I’d need and the nails and the roofing. It saw me through.
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She said that it was dangerous to try to know somebody too well. People should have their own reserves, she said, the places they went in their minds, where no one else should follow.
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“A raw egg in a glass, a tablespoon of sherry, some Lea and Perrin’s, shake like mad and swallow in one.”
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Old Sister Madeleine had once said to her that in the end people do what they want to do. Even not doing something is a decision.
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None of us can look back on any year, any hour even, and not wish that we had done something differently. But remember, we worked all this out. Time spent regretting is time wasted.”
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“His place is out there. You can’t keep anything that wants to go; it’s in his nature to be free.” “But you could make him into a pet…” “No, that wouldn’t work. Anything or anyone who is meant to be free will go.”
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eISBN: 978-0-440-33764-5 www.bantamdell.com
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First Sentence edit
KIT always thought that the Pope had been at her mother and father's wedding.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Maeve Binchy (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Delacorte Press
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 1994
ISBN: 1857979508
Page Count: 584
Publisher: Delacorte Press
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 1994
ISBN: 1857979508
Page Count: 584
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- Dewey: 823.914
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