Circle of friends

Big, soft-featured Benny, an adored only daughter, and Eve, the little bird-like orphan brought up by the nuns, are best friends in the small Irish town of Knockglen. On their first day at University College, Dublin, a fatal road accident brings the pair together with fellow students Nan and Jack, and new friendships are quickly struck. Jack, handsome and charming, and Nan, whose sights are set higher than her friends could imagine, introduce Eve and Benny to a life full of excitement and sophistication unheard of in Knockglen. But beneath their carefree student existence, trouble is brewing for the circle of friends.