Chris Binchy: Open-handed [2008] paperback Condition:New And a girl

And a girl

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

Read the original much-loved classic story and join in the fun by lifting the flaps and sliding the tabs to change the scenes and bring the story to life

"But what noise do YOU make

with illustrations by Lauren O'Neill

Chris Binchy: Open-handed [2008] paperback Condition:New And a girlThe 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.