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Echoes / (Record no. 6545)

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003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER
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005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION
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008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION
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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number	978-0-099-49865-0
040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE
Transcribing agency	PCCR Library
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number	Fic B51 2006
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name	Binchy, Maeve
245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title	Echoes /
Statement of responsibility, etc.	Maeve Binchy
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication, distribution, etc.	London :
Name of publisher, distributor, etc.	Arrow Books,
Date of publication, distribution, etc.	2006
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent	737 pages;
Dimensions	20 cm.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc.	In Castlebay, a small Irish town shaped by the sea and by its rigid social structures, young Clare O’Brien and David Power grow up dreaming of escape. Clare comes from a working‑class family that keeps a small shop and struggles financially, while David is the privileged son of the town’s doctor. <br/><br/>Clare earns a scholarship to secondary school and then to university in Dublin, determined to better her life beyond the limitations of Castlebay. <br/>PublishersWeekly.com<br/> David, meanwhile, follows in his father’s footsteps to study medicine and expects a certain future. Their paths cross, worlds collide. <br/><br/>They fall in love, but the forces of class, expectation, small‑town gossip and family obligations pull them back to Castlebay. Clare marries David (under pressure when she becomes pregnant) and returns to the town she once thought to escape — but now feels like an outsider within her new world. <br/><br/>Subplots enrich the story: there’s the Doyle family, whose son Gerry is infatuated with Clare; the issues of the priest Sean who married a Japanese woman; Clare’s academic ambitions; the changing role of women and education in Ireland; and the effect of returning visitors and summer tourists to Castlebay. <br/><br/>The story’s tension comes from the clash between aspiration and reality, between leaving a narrow world and having to return to it — and what this means for love, happiness, identity. Ultimately, the pressures of home, class and expectation test Clare and David’s relationship and their sense of self.
Expansion of summary note	Echoes is a rich, emotional tale of two people from very different worlds who fall in love, dream of escape and then must face the consequences of returning home. It’s about what we leave behind, what we carry with us, and how our ambitions and the places we come from shape our lives. If you enjoy novels that combine romance, social commentary and vivid sense of place, this is a very strong choice.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element	Love, compromise & identity
General subdivision	Fiction
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element	Education & change
General subdivision	Fiction
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Source of classification or shelving scheme	Dewey Decimal Classification
Koha item type	Books

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		Dewey Decimal Classification			Fiction	PCCR College Library	PCCR College Library	Fiction	10/18/2025	Donation (Ms. Annabel T. Gatmin, Chief Librarian)		Fic B51 2006	08916	10/18/2025	1	10/18/2025	Books