Circle Of Friends - by Maeve Binchy

This book was everything that I’d hoped for. It was a long book with a complex story-line, but a straightforward read that was never taxing. Binchy’s books always have a lot of characters, with complex relationships between them. This one was just like that, and, with only one tiny, unimportant exception, I never lost that thread. There are about three points in the story when an unexpected dramatic event occurs which is almost like a reboot - just when you thought things were going smoothly …

I am sure that I’ll be back to read [or re-read] more this author’s work.