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Book Review By Angeline
Circle of Friends by Maeve Binchy

This is the story of a girl who falls in love with a young, handsome doctor. She is innocent and really kind. I think she is somewhat awkward about her looks. She has two best friends, Nan and Eve. Nan sleeps with her boyfriend, Jack and pretends that the child that she is expecting is Jack's one when she was actually pregnant when she slept with Jack. Jack betrays her two times in the book by sleeping with two different women.


Plot & Themes
Love Triangles/Polygons Yes
What kind:
If one lover chases another... - she chases after him
Children/Pregnancy Yes
Children/Pregnancy: - both sides claim kid(s)

Main Male Character
Profession/status:
Age/status: - 20's-30's
Sex makes him

Main Female Character
Age/status: - 20's-30's
Profession/status:
Effect of sexing
Unusual characteristics:

Setting
Small town? Yes
Small town people: - nice, like Andy/Opie/Aunt Bee

Writing Style
Accounts of torture and death? - no torture/death
What % of story is romance related? - 70%
How explicit is the sex? - vague references only - descript of kissing - touching of anatomy - impregnation/reproduction
Focus of story - Her
How much dialog - significantly more descript than dialog
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