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The lilac-coloured minibus belongs to Tom Fitzgerald. Each Friday night it is a meeting place for the same seven people who use it to travel home from Dublin to spend the weekend in Rathdoon. This book conjures up a cast of human characters with real joys and real sadnesses, portrayed with compassion and warmth.

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Maeve Binchy has a gimlet eye for the seething cauldron of emotions which lies beneath the surface of everyday life * Irish Independent *
An adept storyteller with a sharp eye for social nuances and a pleasing affection for her characters * Sunday Times *
Has a lovely warm heart... Her prose is magnificently simple and lucid * Evening Standard *
Touching, gossipy and as warming as a feather bed * Sunday Telegraph *
Compulsive reading ... Ms Binchy has the true story-teller's knack * The Observer *

The Lilac Bus

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      Publisher: Cornerstone
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 06/07/2006
      ISBN13: 9780099498643, 978-0099498643
      ISBN10: 0099498642
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The lilac-coloured minibus belongs to Tom Fitzgerald. Each Friday night it is a meeting place for the same seven people who use it to travel home from Dublin to spend the weekend in Rathdoon. This book conjures up a cast of human characters with real joys and real sadnesses, portrayed with compassion and warmth.

      Trade Review
      Maeve Binchy has a gimlet eye for the seething cauldron of emotions which lies beneath the surface of everyday life * Irish Independent *
      An adept storyteller with a sharp eye for social nuances and a pleasing affection for her characters * Sunday Times *
      Has a lovely warm heart... Her prose is magnificently simple and lucid * Evening Standard *
      Touching, gossipy and as warming as a feather bed * Sunday Telegraph *
      Compulsive reading ... Ms Binchy has the true story-teller's knack * The Observer *

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