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The Lilac Bus

By: Maeve Binchy
Narrated by: Kate Binchy
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Every Friday night the same seven Dublin workers meet to travel home in Tom Fitzgerald's lilac-coloured minibus. Each of them needs to return regularly to Rathdoon: Nancy Morris, a real 'Miss Mouse', is known for her meanness and has to escape her flatmate's carping; Dee Burke is engrossed in her affair; Kev Kennedy has a side to his character hidden even from his family; Celis Ryan has to face her mother making a drunken exhibition of herself - and Tom has his reasons.

"Touching, gossipy and as warming as a feather bed." (Sunday Telegraph)

©1984 Maeve Binchy (P)2010 Audible Ltd Anthologies Anthologies & Short Stories Contemporary Contemporary Romance Romance

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If only Kate binchy could narrate a lot more audio books she is brilliant
What a loss Maeve Binchy is to modern fiction too

Wonderful as always

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Loved this book. So many different characters . So many different lives and secrets. Amazing writer

Another great book

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Enjoyed this but it was over too soon. Just felt I was getting to know the characters with so much left in the air. Will look for a sequel.

Good start

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Have listened to the bus so many times. The web of everyone is magical
The best of Maeve’s. ,

Love Maeve forever

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