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Circle of Friends
- Narrated by: Kate Binchy
- Length: 16 hrs and 34 mins
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Publisher's Summary
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.
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- Desley Oliver
- 06-09-2024
Love Binchy’s Novels
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.
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- Anonymous User
- 26-12-2022
Heart breaking but lovely
A lovely holiday read with characters you wished the best for. Heartbreaking at moments but things ended where they needed to be.
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- Maxglen
- 17-04-2016
Circle of Friends
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.
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- ethel
- 20-12-2017
A CLASSIC
Read the book, watched the movie & the audible is no exception.
Love the narration
Loved it
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- Kindle Customer
- 03-09-2023
another masterpiecr
dad, warm and funny with usual broliant
barationadv by Kate. that's what a friends for
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- oziepossum
- 27-06-2021
oziepossum
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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- Anonymous User
- 02-04-2021
Will Treasure This Story Always
Never compare the movie to the real story. The movie was a bastardisation of such a brilliant story...extremely bad scriptwriting. I read this book as a teen and loved it then. This time, I have delved deeper into each character and found treasure. And Maeve Binchy knew how to write a strong story on so many levels and express the complexities of the human heart from her own backyard. Brilliant
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- Carol Anne Harvey
- 25-04-2017
Good read/listen
I enjoyed the characters. although I found the transitions back and forth between them a bit irritating. I felt the story did go on a little long and could probably have finished a third earlier. The narrator was perfect, very easy to listen to and told the story well. This is my first Maeve Binchy book and probably won't be my last.
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- Anonymous User
- 01-07-2018
A heart-warming tale for everyone
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.
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- Tina
- 30-01-2019
Oldie but goodie
Loved the book, the film now the audible. This has been a favourite of mine for years. Excellent reading with distinquishable characters.
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