Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Little, Brown Canada, 1996. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. 407 pp. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by the author Maeve Binchy and inscribed by her on the title page to a previous owner (Margaret Gatenby- mother of Toronto writer and literary impresario Greg Gatenby). Owner's name and address in pencil on ffep. Spine and front edge slightly creased. Otherwise, clean and bright. Maeve Binchy (1939-2012) was an Irish novelist, playwright, short story writer and columnist.

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It was the quiet ones you had to watch. That's where the real passion was lurking.They came together at Mountainview College, a down-at-the-heels secondary school on the seamy side of Dublin, to take a course in Italian. It was Latin teacher Aidan Dunne's last chance to revive a failing marriage and a dead-end career. But Aidan's dream was headed for disaster until the mysterious Signora appeared, transforming a shared passion for Italy into a life-altering adventure for them all...bank clerk Bill and his dizzy fiance Lizzie: a couple headed for trouble...Kathy, a hardworking innocent propelled into adulthood in a shocking moment of truth...Connie, the gorgeous rich lady with a scandal ready to explode...glowering Lou, who joined the class as a cover for crime. And Signora, whose passionate past remained a secret as she changed all their lives forever....From the New York Times bestselling author of This Year It Will Be Different, The Glass Lake, and Circle of Friends, comes a novel filled with Maeve Binchy's signature warmth, wit, and sheer storytelling genius--a spellbinding tale of men and women whose quiet lives hide the most unexpected things....

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Bookseller: Come By Chance Books (IOBA) (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 6455
Title: Evening Class (SIGNED)
Author: Maeve Binchy
Format/Binding: Softcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
ISBN 10: 0316095133
ISBN 13: 9780316095136
Publisher: Little, Brown Canada
Place of Publication: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Date Published: 1996
Keywords: irish literature, Irish women writers
Bookseller catalogs: Fiction;

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