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The Lilac Bus

  • Imprint: Arrow

  • ISBN: 9780099498643

  • Length: 256  Pages

  • Dimensions: 198mm x 16mm x 129mm

  • Weight: 181g

  • RRP: £8.99

The Lilac Bus

Every Friday without fail, the lilac bus transports the same seven people from the bustle of Dublin to spend the weekend in the quaint village of Rathdoon.

Each passenger has their own reason for making the trip. What is Judy hiding? Why is Rupert so unwilling to return home? And why has driver Tom orchestrated the lilac bus's trip in the first place?

As friendships are forged and secrets revealed, it soon becomes clear that there's more to these unsuspecting characters than meets the eye . . .

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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

  • Imprint: Arrow

  • ISBN: 9780099498643

  • Length: 256  Pages

  • Dimensions: 198mm x 16mm x 129mm

  • Weight: 181g

  • RRP: £8.99

Reviews

  • 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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About the Author

Maeve Binchy

Maeve Binchy was born in Dublin, and went to school at the Holy Child Convent in Killiney. She took a history degree at UCD and taught in various girls' schools, writing travel articles in the long summer holidays. In 1969 she joined the Irish Times and for many years she was based in London writing humorous columns from all over the world. She is the author of five collections of short stories as well as twelve novels including Circle of Friends, The Copper Beech, Tara Road, Evening Class and The Glass Lake. Maeve Binchy died on 30 July 2012. She is survived by her husband, the writer Gordon Snell.

Maeve Binchy

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