Circle of Friends
by:
Maeve Binchy (author)
It began with Benny Hogan and Eve Malone, growing up, inseparable, in the village of Knockglen. Benny—the only child, yearning to break free from her adoring parents...Eve—the orphaned offspring of a convent handyman and a rebellious blueblood, abandoned by her mother's wealthy family to be ...
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It began with Benny Hogan and Eve Malone, growing up, inseparable, in the village of Knockglen. Benny—the only child, yearning to break free from her adoring parents...Eve—the orphaned offspring of a convent handyman and a rebellious blueblood, abandoned by her mother's wealthy family to be raised by nuns. Eve and Benny—they knew the sins and secrets behind every villager's lace curtains...except their own. It widened at Dublin, at the university where Benny and Eve met beautiful Nan Mahlon and Jack Foley, a doctor's handsome son. But heartbreak and betrayal would bring the worlds of Knockglen and Dublin into explosive collision. Long-hidden lies would emerge to test the meaning of love and the strength of ties held within the fragile gold bands of a...Circle Of Friends.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780385341738 (0385341733)
Publish date: May 29th 2007
Publisher: Dell
Pages no: 608
Edition language: English
This book was over 700 pages! Seriously. At one point I nodded off and I think my finger kept moving or something so I woke up to a totally different place in the book, and did not go back. I just couldn't. I really do love Maeve Binchy's works and since I saw the movie version of this, I really w...
Yep, I do like Maeve Binchy. I hate the phrase "guilty pleasure." Binchy's books are usually unalloyed pleasure; no guilt involved. Her characters are wonderful.
Can't believe I pushed this down my "too read" list for well over a decade. It's just lovely. I stayed up until 3 am with it last night and only stopped reading then because my vision went too blurry.
Audiobook. Wonderful narration Fionnula Flanagan did a fantastic job. I watched the movie and I have to say even though this is an abridged edition, I liked it more. The ending was kind of empowering where it could have been all sad and heartbroken.
Well, what to say about this book: for once the movie is better.