The Return Journey

Ruby M. Ayres

ISBN 10: 1407235222 / ISBN 13: 9781407235226

Published by Hodder & Stoughton, 1955

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Seller Inventory # U9781407235226

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Return Journey
• Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
• Publication Date: 1955
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1407235222
• ISBN 13: 9781407235226
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1751527414.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: 47127818
• Signed: 7/3/2025 7:23:34 AM
• Seller catalogs:
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  • U
  • 9781407235226

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Synopsis

The Return Journey Binchy, Maeve

Review

The Return Journey is a collection of 14 short stories of life, love, and learning that enables the most harried reader to enjoy a well-told tale in its entirety before checking on the kids or folding the clothes. In the tradition of Binchy's classic tales Circle of Friends and Tara Road, this consummate summer beach book introduces readers not to models of literary and romantic indefectibility, but to folks just like us, who have bad hair days, runs in their hose, and freckles both physical and metaphorical. The title story paints a portrait of the embattled relationship between a mother who left her home in Dunglass, Ireland, and her daughter, who has traveled to Ireland to find her history and finds love, as well. Through weekly correspondence, mother and daughter repair the damage to their relationship, laying to rest ghosts of an earlier mother-daughter relationship gone irrevocably wrong. And Binchy's "Victor and St. Valentine" renews faith that truly romantic men do exist and are often overlooked, their motives suspect in an increasingly self-reliant world. No one can accuse Binchy of overtelling a tale; she has perfected the art of leading her readers to the verge and then allowing them to loose their imaginations as they see fit. A wonderful and thoroughly engaging read. --Alison Trinkle