Chris Binchy: Open-handed [2008] paperback Condition:New small enough to infiltrate enemy

small enough to infiltrate enemy camps

It shows that hope can flower in the most unlikely places

In equal measures courageous

when she realized that she grew up surrounded by women who had fought in the Second World War but whose stories were absent from official narratives

with illustrations by Lauren O'Neill

Chris Binchy: Open-handed [2008] paperback Condition:New small enough to infiltrate enemyThe place is Dublin. The time is the present. Five characters two Irish, three from eastern Europe, all seeking success from wildly different starting points become entangled with one another in a web of politics, property, sex and violence. Chris Binchy's breakthrough novel is a beautifully observed portrait of a time and place, and a thrillingly paced story of characters brought together by circumstance, ambition and need.