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==Differences from the novel==
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There are several differences between the film script and the novel it is based on, the most notable being that Benny and Jack do not reunite at the end of the book. Other key differences include:
*In the novel only Benny and Eve are childhood friends; they do not meet Nan (who was born and grew up in Dublin) until Benny's first day of university.
*Several major characters from the novel do not appear in the film, notably Mother Francis (the Mother Superior who raises Eve as a daughter in the convent) and Kit Hegarty (Eve's landlady, whose son's death brings the principal characters together).
*Jack's switch from law to medicine does not happen in the novel.
*Sean Walsh remains in Knockglen and marries the owner of the local hotel in the novel, a plot not featured in the film.
*Benny does not confront Sean alone in the novel, and there is no scene of attempted sexual assault.
*Clodagh Pine and Alphonse “Fonsie” (no last name given) are niece and nephew of two Knockglen merchants whom Benny befriends in the novel, but don’t appear in the film. They are both trying to update the family businesses.
==Reception==
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