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The Lilac Bus: Stories
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A vintage collection of short stories from the bestselling author of LIGHT A PENNY CANDLE and CIRCLE OF FRIENDS.

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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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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 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 *

Two collections of stories, ``The Lilac Bus'' and ``Dublin 4,'' make up Binchy's latest book, a showcase for her marvelous storytelling ability. ``The Lilac Bus'' consists of eight connected stories, each one a revealing portrait of a Dublin worker who goes home to the outlying town of Rathdoon each weekend in Tom Fitzgerald's minibus. Torn between the anonymous independence of Dublin and the claustrophobic safety of Rathdoon, many characters lead secretive double lives: Dee has a married lover, Rupert is gay, Kev is a thief. The more fully realized stories in ``Dublin 4'' have only their Dublin setting in common. Hard hitters dealing with alcoholism, unwed pregnancy, and an unfaithful husband are lightened by the humorous ``Flat in Ringsend'' about a young girl's stab at independence in her first flat. While not as completely satisfying as Binchy novels ( Circle of Friends, LJ 12/90), this is absorbing, entertaining reading with characters to care about. Previewed in Prepub Alert, LJ 7/1/91.-- Patricia Ross, Westerville P.L., Ohio

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