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Circle of Friends

By: Maeve Binchy
Narrated by: Kate Binchy
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In the small Irish town of Knockglen, best friends Bernadette ('Benny') and Eve are inseparable. Benny is an adored only child, and Eve, a poor, birdlike orphan brought up by nuns.

On their first day at University College, Dublin, a fatal road accident brings the pair together with fellow students Nan Mahon and Jack Foley, and new friendships are quickly struck. Jack and Nan introduce Eve and Benny to a life of excitement and sophistication. But beneath their carefree existence trouble is brewing for the circle of friends.

Warmth and laughter are interwoven with sadness in this compassionate and absorbing tale of friends whose lives, over a period of ten years, become entwined.

©1990 Maeve Binchy (P)1991 Audible Ltd Contemporary Fiction Genre Fiction Fiction
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Love how she captures characters - their moods and personalities. Her stories are about every day events and normal life moments. She was an amazing author.

Love Binchy’s Novels

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A lovely holiday read with characters you wished the best for. Heartbreaking at moments but things ended where they needed to be.

Heart breaking but lovely

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A story of friends and families, of growing up in Ireland and learning hard truths. Fantastic narration - the narrator can change her voice to be many different characters, all in a convincing way.

Great story with excellent narration

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Many years since I have read a Maeve Binchy book. As I was unwell an audio book was perfect for me. The style of the book was also perfect and I enjoyed it very much. I will certainly choose another title very soon. The story was convincing and the people in it also.

Circle of Friends

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Read the book, watched the movie & the audible is no exception.

Love the narration

Loved it

A CLASSIC

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dad, warm and funny with usual broliant
barationadv by Kate. that's what a friends for

another masterpiecr

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I love Maeve Binchy, but Circle of Friends is one of her loveliest novels. It harks back to the lost Ireland of the 1950s, where it's an amazing thing for a country girl to go to university and Dublin is regarded as the danger zone for moral purity! The cast of characters is varied, vivid and always interesting, from the quick-tempered orphan Eve to the self-doubting only child Benny, from Benny's loving but suffocating parents to the wise Mother Francis who is determined to get Eve the future she deserves. It's a story about self-acceptance as much as it is about friendship and love -- Benny struggles to find her place as both dutiful daughter and independent educated woman; Eve has to lay her unhappy past to rest in order to build herself a life. As with all Maeve's novels, there is tragedy and sorrow as well as laughter and fun. This is a great listen; please enjoy.

A heart-warming tale for everyone

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Loved the book, the film now the audible. This has been a favourite of mine for years. Excellent reading with distinquishable characters.

Oldie but goodie

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Such a classic story. Beautifully written and covers friendship, family relationships, self confidence and first loves. One of my favourites. Always leaves me smiling.

Beautiful Story

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Great book enjoyed tremendously would recommend to all ages….so natural are the friendships some very close and others on the fringe just as they are. 😊

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