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The Glass Lake

by Maeve Binchy · 1994

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Kit McMahon lives in the small Irish town of Lough Glass, where everyone knows everyone; children who walk to school together grow up and become sweethearts and marry, people gossip and grumble and dream their lives away. For it is a place where change comes slowly. One day, Kit's mother disappears and the town gossips run wild with stories. The consequences for Helen's husband, her son, but above all for her daughter, Kit, are unimaginable and will leave not one of their lives unchanged.

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women’s fictionwomen’s fictionMore like thisLess of thisromanceromanceMore like thisLess of thisliterary fictionliterary fictionMore like thisLess of thishistorical fictionhistorical fictionMore like thisLess of thismysterymysteryMore like thisLess of this
Themes
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Setting
1990s1990sMore like thisLess of thisIrelandIrelandMore like thisLess of thisEuropeEuropeMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
epic · 704 pages

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