

" In a small Irish town, the lives and loves of eight fascinating people entwine." en.For each one, Shancarrig holds special memories." en " Eight children once carved their names on the trunk of the great copper beech which shaded the schoolhouse in Shancarrig." Reveals the lives of the residents of a small town in rural Ireland from the thirties to the eighties." en.Jims, the village doctor, who knows all the rest, realizes that not everything in the placid village is what it seems.-" en But not even Father Gunn, the parish priest, who knows most of what goes on behind Shancarrig's closed doors, or Dr. " In the Irish town of Schancarrig, the young carve their initials-and those of their loves-into the copper beech tree in front of the schoolhouse."The Copper Beech" is about eight of these dreamers." Now grown, yet shaped by their years in the schoolhouse, they lead differnt lives.

" Carved on the trunk of the mighty copper beech tree that embraces the schoolyard in Shancarrig are declarations of love, hope, and identity-the youthful dreams of the children who studied there.Jims, the village doctor, who knows all the rest, realizes that not everything in the placid village is what it seems." en But not even Father Gunn, the parish priest, who knows most of what goes on behind Schancarrig's closed doors, or Dr.

For each, their hometown holds special memories." Now these children are grown, but it was the school that formed them and made them what they are.
