- Paperback: 560 pages
- Publisher: Arrow Books Ltd; New edition edition (6 April 2000)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0099410869
- ISBN-13: 978-0099410867
- Product Dimensions: 17.6 x 10.6 x 4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,062,020 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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" [An] irresistible invitation to share the lives of people who believe in enduring values."
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An enchanting novel of fierce loyalty and love in changing times, from the bestselling author of Light a Penny Candle
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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Having read many of Maeve Bincheys books, i have to say that Cirle of Frieds, one of her earlier novels, is easily one of the best, and a book i would happily recommend to anyone looking for an entertaining, laugh-out-loud, hankies at the ready book.
Based on two friends, Benny and Eve, from a sleepy village in Ireland, the book centres on friendship and growing up. Binchey deals with love, tradegy, the struggle to fit in, and the strength of true loyalty between friends.
The characters are wonderful, people you love, like, dislike and hate. People you relate to and people you can easily imagine. Maeve Binchey has a talent of making you feel part of the story, making the characters seem like people you know and the heartaches feel like they are yours.
I laughed out loud at this book, as i do at most Binchey novels, she is a truly humerous Irish author. I also shed a few tears! The Irish backdrop, the accents and the life in a Catholic village with nuns for teachers, is ever popular in Bincheys stories and a formula that works again and again.
Read this book. . . . and appreciate the people close to you. Too often we take the people we love for granted. . . .let Circle of Friends show you real strength among true friends!
11 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
The second Maeve Binchy book I ever read and now I've read them all this is still the best. The characters almost seem real - you feel you know them and the book ends you want to keep reading about them - if only the author would write a follow-up! Great Book - Great Read
9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book is brilliant. It was the first Binchy novel that I read and is by far the best. The characters are alive and the story is completely gripping - ranging from painfully sad to hilarity. Buy it, read it!
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A literary hug
The joy of a Maeve Binchy novel - and Circle of Friends is no exception (in fact, is probably the best example of this) - is that you are utterly drawn into the lives of the... Read more
Published 9 months ago by A. L. Rutter
love curling up with this book
Maeve writes from the heart so you are drawn in to the story from the first page. You find yourself rooting for Benny and feel angry on her behalf when Nan arrives on the scene. Read more
Published 15 months ago by C. ABERNETHY
fantastic reading
What a great book, it's compulsive! All about a group of friends and how they evolve, you almost want to be part of the friends. Read more
Published 22 months ago by A Mum
The best. Full stop
This is my favourite book and has been since I first read it at the age of 17, and I get just as much out of it ten years on as I did back then. Read more
Published on 27 Oct 2009 by AFan
A month too long!
I ordered an item on the 20th April, a week and a half later -there was no sign of it. I contacted the seller and she contacted me back quickly to advise me she would follow up... Read more
Published on 21 May 2009 by Sarah
Irish life
The story starts in a little Irish town outside Dublin City called Knockglen. Two ten year old girls become the best of friends. Read more
Published on 1 April 2009 by L Murphy
The One and Only
I loved this book. I have read others by Binchy and did not enjoy them as much as I enjoyed this book. Read more
Published on 6 July 2008 by lani
To be fair to our maeve, after reading tara road,
I decided to try another one of her books - this one - and i still think someone should give her a nudge and wake her up.
Published on 15 April 2008 by Leeds lass
Truly wonderful!
This book is the grandest book I have ever read. It pulls you into to it, makes you feel as if you are part of the story, as if one of the characters. Read more
Published on 18 Aug 2000
good- relatively speaking
This book is one of two I received for my birthday. I read this one first simply because I know this is a best-selling author and so I assumed this book MUST be good. Read more
Published on 23 July 2000
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