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A review by amyl88
The Lilac Bus: Stories by Maeve Binchy
4.0
Intertwined short stories, each detailing a weekend in the life of one of the people who ride the bus home to their small town in western Ireland from Dublin every weekend. Each story goes a little further into the weekend, covering a different person and showing how each person's perception of events, of themselves, and of the other riders are different.
I see a lot of low ratings and reviewers who don't seem to like (or get?) this format. These are "slice of life" stories. There are no plot twists or surprise endings. This is classic Maeve. It's a character study and a commentary on small-town Ireland in the 80s.
This copy also includes Dublin 4, a collection of 4 longer short stories. This seems to have really thrown people off in their reviews here. They are separate stories and not meant to fit into the stories of The Lilac Bus.
I see a lot of low ratings and reviewers who don't seem to like (or get?) this format. These are "slice of life" stories. There are no plot twists or surprise endings. This is classic Maeve. It's a character study and a commentary on small-town Ireland in the 80s.
This copy also includes Dublin 4, a collection of 4 longer short stories. This seems to have really thrown people off in their reviews here. They are separate stories and not meant to fit into the stories of The Lilac Bus.