Childhood friends from a 1950s Irish seaside town reunite as adults in a character-driven drama of love, class, ambition, and betrayal.
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Childhood friends from a 1950s Irish seaside town reunite as adults in a character-driven drama of love, class, ambition, and betrayal.
Having grown up in small Irish seaside town in the 1950s, Clare and David meet again years later as students in Dublin. But eventually their home town will draw them back, and it is there that this Maeve Binchy drama of ambition, betrayal and love reaches its turbulent conclusion.
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Central love affairs and betrayal; adult intimacy without highly graphic detail
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Social drinking consistent with Irish town and university settings
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Catholic mores and small-town Irish religious life shape characters and choices
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Class divisions, sexism, and limited roles for women in 1950s–60s Ireland
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Class prejudice and rigid gender expectations constrain characters' lives
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