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Circle of Friends

By: Maeve Binchy
Narrated by: Kate Binchy
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About this listen

 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.

Read by Kate Binchy

(p) 1991 Audible Ltd©1990 Maeve Binchy Contemporary Contemporary Fiction Friendship Genre Fiction Movie, TV & Video Game Tie-Ins Fiction Feel-Good Heartfelt

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Loved this story. Richly drawn characters and a wealth of other characters to make a wonderfully believable life. The narrator is possibly the best I have heard and I feel like I would buy books just because she is reading them with her wonderfully warm and interesting voice.

A Rich Tapestry of Life Around Dublin

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friendly story about friends all most like real life perfect I found it really comfy read

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Such a lovely book so beautifully read, so sad when it ended will be listening again at some time

The lovely people and love stories

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Absolutely loved this.
Have seen the film and it doesn’t do the book justice!
Love listening to what life used to be like in Ireland. So much detail you are there.
Fabulous characters.
Thoroughly enjoyed it.

Great story of friendship

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Lovely story easy to listen too about interplay of friends and just the right amount of intrigue with a pleasing ending!

Lovely narration of classic tail of friendships

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