This inspirational coming-of-age tale set in 1950s Ireland is a disarmingly bittersweet adaptation from the bestselling novel by Maeve Binchy (author of Circle of Friends). The strong-willed protagonist--a shopkeeper"s daughter from windswept Castlebay--takes on the world, escaping her small class-conscious seaside town for the challenges of university life in Dublin. What she finds is a world more complicated than she"d imagined. Like Circle of Friends, Echoes translates beautifully to the screen. The result is a profound affirmation of the risk taking, commitment, and everyday epiphanies involved in becoming an adult. --Tara Chace