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Circle of Friends (Coronet Books) (Paperback)

by Maeve Binchy (Author)
3.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (14 customer reviews)

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  • Paperback: 512 pages
  • Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton Ltd; New edition edition (9 Sep 1991)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 034055133X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0340551332
  • Product Dimensions: 17.5 x 11.4 x 3.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 3,105,574 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Benny and her best friend Eve have grown up in Knockglen, a sleepy small town. When they are old enough, their one thought is to get to Dublin, to university and freedom. But it is in Knockglen that Benny and Eve's new friends will find passion, tragedy and the independence they yearn for.

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An enchanting novel of fierce loyalty and love in changing times, from the bestselling author of Light a Penny Candle --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great Read!, 21 May 2000
By ukf32@hotmail.com (Bristol - England) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Circle of Friends (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
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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant, un-putdownable., 7 May 2000
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This review is from: Circle of Friends (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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10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Another Triumph for Maeve Binchey!, 11 Jul 2005
This review is from: Circle of Friends (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!

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