Circle of Friends: A Novel Free Audiobook Download by Maeve Binchy


Circle of Friends is a Novel that takes place in Dublin and tells the story of Malachy Maloney. He is an old man who was abandoned by his family when he was only fifteen years old and left to live in the city. Now, after fifty years of wandering, he decides to return home where he finds his childhood friends, who were now grown up. One of them, Joyce O'Neill, has been waiting for him all her life. As they journey back through their pasts and present day lives, their friendship with one another changes into something more where each must reveal parts of themselves that had previously been hidden from everyone else.

"Circle of Friends" is the story of three women and their relationships with each other. It starts out when one woman, Paula, has just been diagnosed with a brain tumor. As she lies in her hospital bed, she reflects back on her life and how she might have paid more attention to the bit things that led up to this moment. It is a novel about friendship spanning over 50 years; each chapter takes place over a year.

Circle of Friends tells the story of Rory and Sean who are a similar age but different in many ways. Sean is an Irish Catholic; Rory is an English Protestant. Sean has been loved his whole life and is looking for someone to love him in return; Rory has never had that luck. A chance encounter, however, brings them together and they begin to find comfort in each other, eventually resolving their differences to become best friends.

Circle of Friends is a novel that tells the story of two women as they struggle with family, friendship and love. In her journey to find herself, one woman ends up living in an Irish village with a circle of friends who have known each other for years. Another young woman in the same town has just moved from America and has no where to go but her childhood home. The two women soon become best friends and the bond starts to unravel when tragedy strikes.

With Circle of Friends, Maeve Binchy does justice to the word 'bundle'. The novel is a rich tapestry of memories, family histories and stories of love. It is a story about two families - the Dunnes and the Sinclairs - who live in the same small town in Ireland. What these two families have in common is their love for each other and their pain in parting. Stars are born, parents die, marriages crumble, kids grow up and away but through it all these two families remain friends.

Circle of Friends is a book that tells the story of what happens when four friends from different backgrounds meet in Ireland. One woman has been married and widowed three times, one man is an incomparable Irish musician, one woman has a passion for teaching children, and one man is an affable shepherd living in the country. This novel follows these characters through their separate journeys as they slowly become more intimate with each other.

Published Date 2000-08-01
Duration 3 hours 0 minutes
Author Maeve Binchy
Narrated Fionnula Flanagan
Reviews
(1 Reviews)
Abridged Yes
Is It Free? 30-days Free
Category Fiction & Literature
Parent Category Sagas, Contemporary Women, Literary Fiction

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