Cathy Kelly Knihy

Nejlepší kamarádky Aisling Moran a Jo Ryan si myslí, že mají všechno. Aisling je neskonale šťastná se svým manželem, skvělým redaktorem, dvěma nádhernými 10-letými syny a domem, který sama vytapetovala a vymalovala během několika let. Jo má jako redaktorka jednoho známého módního irského časopisu před sebou bezchybnou kariéru, nezávislost a krásného přítele Richarda. Ale všechno se má změnit. Jednoho pátečního rána najde Aisling účet za luxusní prádlo v kapse manželova saka a Jo zase modrou linku na pozitivním těhotenském testu.

A lot can happen in a year - and Evie, Cara and Olivia are about to find out just how much... Evie is a hopeless romantic who's never had a chance to do her own thing, and deep down she knows that marrying Simon isn't going to help. Her sister Cara's a walking disaster when it comes to relationships, and she's not much better in the workplace either. And her best friend Olivia can't quite bring herself to admit that she's married to the wrong man - after all, what would she do without him? When they go home for Christmas, Evie's father announces that he's getting remarried. That shouldn't change anything - but then they don't know who they're going to meet at the wedding...

Ženský román irské autorky se odehrává v novinářském prostředí současného Dublinu a prolínají se v něm životní příběhy dvou žen, které spojuje jejich profese.

Žij pro přítomnost. Ne pro zítřek nebo dnešek. Teď nevíš, co se stane zítra, a včerejšek je pryč, takže všechno, co máš, je jen tahle chvíle. Příběh několika žen ze současného Irska. Ingrid skvěle zvládá rodinu i náročnou kariéru, stará se o okouzlujícího manžela – a pak najednou po manželově smrti zjistí, že v jejím světě je všechno jinak. Bezdětná Marcella si celé roky odmítá připustit, že by se její život neodvíjel přesně tak, jak má. Až když ji nečekaně potká láska, začíná si klást otázky, na které nikdy předtím nechtěla odpovídat. Charlie zbožňuje svou rodinu, ale má pocit, že jí její autoritativní matka ničí život – není to ale jen výmluva? Star už ví, že důležité věci nepřijdou samy a nezůstanou – člověk se o ně musí zasloužit a pečovat o ně. Ví, že šance na skutečné štěstí přijde jen jednou za život

Emma, Leonie and Hannah all want just one thing in life - and then they'll be truly happy. But sometimes when you wish with all your heart for a dream to come true, you risk destroying the happiness within your reach.

A Cathy Kelly classic - full of her trademark warmth and wit from the No. 1 bestselling author.

Come home to Cathy Kelly . . . Eleanor Levine left Ireland seventy years ago with little more than a suitcase and her mother's handwritten recipe book. Now, a lifetime later, she's returning from New York with hard won wisdom and memories of her own. A renowned psychoanalyst, Eleanor knows there's one final journey she has to make... Lovely young actress Megan Bouchier didn't have to chase success - it arrived effortlessly. Fame was what she always wanted until a disastrous affair made her the wrong kind of headlines - now Megan needs a place to hide... Darkly beautiful Rae is a wonderful wife, a loyal friend and a dedicated community carer. From Titania's Tea Rooms she dispenses tea and sympathy to everyone - until a painful secret from her past threatens everything she holds dear. Big-hearted teacher Connie O'Callaghan has given up on love. She's cheerfully approaching forty and besides, why does no man ever match the heroes in her beloved romantic novels? As Eleanor re-reads her mother's comforting words and watches life unfold from her window in Dublin's pretty Golden Square, she slowly becomes drawn into the lives of Megan, Rae and Connie. But can treasured wisdom handed down from mother to daughter really be relevant today? And what are the ingredients for a life well lived?

Keep a secret too long and it will creep out when you least expect it Behind the shining windows and rose-bedecked gardens of Summer Street, there are lots of secrets. There's the one that hard-working single mother, Faye, hides from her teenage daughter, Amber. And there's the one that thirty-year-old Maggie hides from herself.

Having left the small Irish town where she grew up, Izzie is now very much a New Yorker. She's big and beautiful and runs a model agency for plus-sized women. Life is good - until she breaks one of her cardinal rules and falls for a married man.

In the sleepy Irish coastal town of Avalon the big house on Willow Street has stood for generations. The big house is up for sale, and with its memories, especially for Cashel, who returns to the town with the ghosts of the distant past - and the woman he swore to forget - still haunting him.