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As they journey back home, the passengers on the Tom Fitgerald's lilac bus--the bus that transports weekday Dublin workers back to their family homes in Rathdoon--come face to face with the unexpected. Reprint. NYT. PW.

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Nancy was early, but then she always was, and she didn't like being seen there too soon.

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Nancy
Dee
Mikey
Judy
Kev
Rupert
Celia
Tom

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  1. Maeve Binchy (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Irish Books & Media
Country: UK
Publication Date: November 1984
ISBN: 978-0-907085-79-9
Page Count: 200

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