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The Last Matchmaker

The Last Matchmaker The Heart-Warming True Story of the Man Who Brought Love to Ireland

Hardback (07 Jan 2010)

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Publisher's Synopsis

For centuries, Irish matchmakers have performed a vital service, bringing people together in love and marriage. It is a mysterious art, and the very best matchmakers have an almost magical quality to them. Willie Daly, whose father and grandfather were matchmakers before him, is the most celebrated of them all.

Each year his tiny home town of Lisdoonvarna (population 800) hosts a matchmaking festival that attracts 40,000 visitors from around the world. They all hope to meet Willie, 'the horse whisperer of matchmaking'. With his unique blend of intuition, quiet wisdom and a small drop of cunning, Willie has brought together hundreds of couples over the years. In The Last Matchmaker he recounts some of the best stories along with his own. The path to love can be heart-warming, hilarious, sometimes hair-raising - and Willie is the perfect guide.

The Last Matchmaker is a fascinating journey into the world of matchmaking and a timely reminder that the search for love is the greatest quest of all. And should the reader be looking for love, Willie has some hard-learned, practical advice to share...

About the Publisher

Sphere

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Book information

ISBN: 9781847443021
Publisher: Little, Brown
Imprint: Sphere
Pub date:
DEWEY: 392.4092
DEWEY edition: 22
Number of pages: 278
Weight: 424g
Height: 224mm
Width: 140mm
Spine width: 21mm