The Banyan Tree ~ Christopher Nolan ~ Audio and 40 similar items

THE BANYAN TREE by Christopher Nolan 'On an overgrown and rundown farm in Ireland in the late 1980s, widowed Minnie O'Brien (a shopkeeper's daughter in the village) remembers the past: courtship and marriage to craftsman-farmer Peter, the love of her life, whom she met at a country fair; their wedding and Dublin honeymoon in 1922; life on the farm; the births of three children; and what became of them. Brendan, the eldest son, goes off to be a missionary in Africa, surfacing later as a Catholic bishop in New York; Sheila, the only daughter, is a nurse at Guy's Hospital in London, then marries (unhappily) a rich Englishman; Frankie, the late arrival, seeks freedom in the Australian outback and loses touch - but Minnie waits confidently every day for his knock at the door. Between the turf-cutting and roof-laying, ceilidhs and hurling matches of her early married days and the 'modern' age of mains electricity and 'aeroplanes' lie well-worn footpaths of reminiscence down which Minnie rambles contentedly as she waits for her men to come home...' Cassette Audio Book, rare item, sealed, never been opened and still in the original packaging. Dated 1999 Published by Time Warner / Orion 4 x cassette format Abridged - duration 6 hours All appears in good shape. Picture is that of the actual item. Thanks for looking! Buy-it-Now, $16.99 Shipping included. :o) Postage USA - Free Postage...nice!