The Lilac Bus by Maeve Binchy

The Lilac Bus by Maeve Binchy

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.

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 *

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.

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ISBN 13	9780099498643
ISBN 10	0099498642
Title	The Lilac Bus
Author	Maeve Binchy
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Cornerstone
Year published	2006-07-06
Number of pages	256
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.