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Circle of friends by maeve binchy6/24/2023 I get why they were culled (I would have cut them too) but I missed them. Their businesses slowly build throughout the novel and you root for them to do well, especially as Clodagh and Fonsie are such warm and charismatic characters. This is the kind of book that (as well as making you want to run off to buy some vintage 50's clothes) makes you want to start up your own business, and that's due to a storyline that sees the young people of Knockglen - Clodagh, the niece of the lady who runs the dress shop and Fonsie, son to the chip shop owner - trying to make the town more modern. We don't see Nan's family background, which is vitally important in the way it informs her character and Jack has morphed into a stereo-typical leading man.Īlso, in focusing solely on Benny's story, we lose out on one of my favourite threads in the novel - the renovation of Knockglen. The characters of the book are much more complicated - Binchy made me like Nan, and even Jack, despite how terrible they were - but the film doesn't give either of them much room for development. The narrative instead focuses on Benny's romance with Jack and her troubles with Sean Walsh. In the adaptation - written by Andrew Davies and starring Minnie Driver - Eve is assigned to the 'best friend' role and most of her storyline is cut.
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