Cathy Kelly Livres

Elles n'ont rien en commun mais seront pourtant bientôt inséparables ! Abby, star du petit écran dont le couple est un naufrage, Lizzie, divorcée qui ne pense qu'aux autres, et Erin, de retour en Irlande après neuf ans d'absence, se retrouvent régulièrement dans le salon de beauté de Sally, mère de famille hyper active aux soirées très prisées. Dans leur nouveau QG, les quatre femmes vont apprendre à se connaître, partager leurs plus intimes secrets et prendre conscience du lien qui les unit. Et c'est au moment le plus critique, quand le malheur va frapper, qu'elles vont tester la force de leur amitié et apprécier réellement le meilleur de la vie...

Hannah a choisi l'indépendance : trahie par son mari, elle se consacre désormais à sa carrière. Dévouée à des parents tyranniques, Emma a épousé l'homme de sa vie avec lequel elle souhaite de tout coeur avoir un enfant. Mais celui-ci tarde à venir. Leonie, elle, rêve secrètement au prince charmant. Sans cette croisière sur le Nil, rien n'aurait pu réunir ces trois personnalités si différentes. Sur le pont du bateau, loin des préoccupations quotidiennes, la magie opère : au fil de longues soirées animées naît une amitié aussi sincère qu'inattendue...

Quand les liens du sang aident à panser les plaies du coeur. Izzie Silver a quitté sa ville natale de Tamarin, en Irlande, pour monter une agence de mannequins à New York. Elle adore sa nouvelle vie, à un détail près : elle a eu la mauvaise idée de tomber amoureuse d'un homme marié peu disposé à quitter sa femme. Pendant ce temps-là, à Tamarin, sa tante Anneliese subit elle aussi les affres de l'infidélité. En effet, après plus de trente ans de mariage, elle découvre que son mari la trompe avec sa meilleure amie. Lorsque Lily, la grand-mère d'Izzie, tombe gravement malade, la jeune femme et Anneliese décident de mettre leurs problèmes de côté pour courir à son chevet. La douce et sage Lily s'apprête à leur révéler tout un pan de son histoire qu'elles ignoraient, et dont elles tireront bien des enseignements...

Tess a toujours vécu heureuse à Avalon. Mais aujourd’hui, depuis son charmant cottage, elle peine à faire face à son récent divorce et aux difficultés financières rencontrées avec son magasin d’antiquités… Sa fougueuse sœur Suki, elle, a depuis longtemps coupé les ponts avec la ville de son enfance pour épouser un homme promis à un brillant avenir politique. Mais quand elle devient la proie d’un biographe tenace, elle n’a d’autre solution que de retourner à Avalon, qu’elle s’était juré d’oublier. De son côté, la joyeuse et exubérante Mara vient chercher auprès de sa tante Danae le soutien qui lui permettra de surmonter une rupture difficile. Appréciée de tous, Danae est responsable du bureau de poste de la petite ville balnéaire depuis des années. Sa vie solitaire et recluse lui convient à merveille et lui permet de protéger un lourd secret qu’elle se refuse de partager. La vie suit donc son court tant bien que mal sur la côte irlandaise. Mais à l’approche des fêtes de Noël, des événements qu’elles n’attendaient pas vont les placer devant un choix crucial à faire… Quatre femmes, quatre destinées, pour qui la volonté d’en finir avec le passé va s’incarner dans l’expression d’une amitié inébranlable.

Comment savoir ce que l'avenir nous réserve ? Hope, Sam, Virginia et Nicole - quatre femmes on ne peut plus différentes les unes des autres - n'en attendent pas de grandes surprises... En toute logique : Hope devrait passer la deuxième partie de son existence à courir entre boulot et dodo, en tentant de grappiller de rares moments de liberté... Sam, sa sœur, devrait finir sa carrière comme directrice d'une grande maison de disques... Virginia devrait organiser la retraite dont elle rêve avec son mari bien-aimé, en jouant avec lui les grands-parents gâteau... Quant à Nicole, l'originale de la bande, elle devrait continuer à chanter dans les soirées karaoké, et faire la fête en essayant de ne pas être renvoyée de son ennuyeux travail de bureau. Mais entre la logique et la vie, la vraie, il y a parfois un gouffre. Il y a toujours un gouffre !

Lorsque la vie vous malmène, vous pouvez toujours compter sur vos amies. Ingrid Fitzgerald est gâtée par la vie. Célèbre présentatrice pour la télévision irlandaise, elle est mariée à un homme qu'elle adore et ils ont deux merveilleux enfants. Mais lorsque ces derniers quittent le foyer pour voler de leurs propres ailes, Ingrid fait une découverte qui bouleverse tout son petit monde. Pour la première fois, Natalie Flynn est en train de tomber amoureuse. Mais les secrets entourant le passé de sa mère la tourmentent et l'empêchent d'être pleinement heureuse. Osera-t-elle poser les questions qui la taraudent ? Charlie Fallon aime sa famille et son travail. Seule ombre au tableau : sa mère excentrique et envahissante, qui lui en demande toujours plus. Il est peut-être temps pour Charlie de lui poser des limites. Grâce à la flamboyante Star Bluestone, esprit libre et voyante à ses heures perdues, ces trois femmes à un tournant de leur existence vont avoir la force de prendre les décisions qui leur permettront de s'ouvrir au bonheur.

Voici Rose, toujours pimpante, et son mari Hugh, homme de loi important. Ils s'apprêtent à fêter leurs quarante ans de mariage. Leurs filles mènent une existence agréable, de Stella, l'aînée, qui élève seule son enfant en menant une belle carrière, à Holly, la benjamine, toujours entre deux fêtes, en passant par Tara, l'excentrique, qui vient d'épouser son grand amour. Une famille idéale ? Rien n'est moins sûr...

Woman to Woman:Best friends Aisling Moran and Jo Ryan think they have it all.Aisling is deliriously happy with her brilliant editor husband, two beautiful ten-year-old sons and a home she's rag-rolled and stenciled to within an inch of its life. As a journalist with an Irish glossy magazine, Jo has a great career, independence and a drop-dead gorgeous boyfriend.But all that's about to change. One Friday morning, Aisling finds a receipt for expensive lingerie in her husband's suit pocket and Jo finds a blue line on her blue-for-positive pregnancy testing kit. By Friday night, it's all over - or has it only just begun?She's the One:Life is full of surprises...Meet Dee - an agony aunt on an Irish newspaper, with more problems than her readers. She's engaged to Gary but he's far from perfect and his mother is driving her crazy! What she really wants is to be the women's editor at work.Now meet Isabel - her husband has just lost everything in a business deal and Isabel has gone home to Dublin with their two teenage girls. The job as a women's editor sounds like the solution to all her problems.But Dee and Isabel can't both get what they want - or can they?

Meet Dee - an agony aunt on an Irish newspaper, with more problems than her readers. She's engaged to Gary, but he's far from perfect and his mother is driving her crazy... Now meet Isabel - her husband has just lost everything in a business deal and Isabel has gone home to Dublin with ther two teenage girls. Getting the job as women's editor on the paper would be a dream come true for both of them, but they can't both get what they want...or can they?

Lou never puts herself first. She always looks out for other people. Even at her own birthday party, all she does is worry whether everybody else is having a good time. Then a terrible secret upends the celebrations. And she decides to do the one thing that nobody ever expects: something for herself. But to finally put herself first, she is going to need her sister. Life has pulled Lou and Toni apart - yet now they set off on a journey, one that will whisk them from the windswept Irish coast to sun-baked Sicily. Where will their journey end?

Ever fallen in love? Ever fallen out of love? Ever fallen in love with someone you shouldn't have? Ten authors write about first kisses, love, heartbreak and everything in between in this short story anthology.

Cathy Kelly is a bestselling author renowned in women's fiction, ranking alongside Jilly Cooper, Maeve Binchy, and Marian Keyes.

Can she find the strength to help the family she never knew she had?

Best friends Jo Ryan and Aisling Moran have it all. As a fashion journalist with an Irish glossy magazine, Jo has a great career, independence and a drop-dead gorgeous boyfriend. Aisling is deliriously happy with her brilliant editor husband, two beautiful ten-year-old sons and a home she’s rag-rolled and stencilled to within an inch of its life. But all that’s about to change. One Friday morning, Aisling finds a receipt for expensive lingerie in her husband’s suit pocket and Jo finds a blue line on her blue-for-positive pregnancy testing kit... By Friday night, it’s all over – or has it only just begun?

The sparkling new novel from Number One bestselling author Cathy Kelly told with her unique blend of Irish warmth and humour. Sisters Cassie and Coco have been there for each other ever since their mother disappeared when they were children. Responsible Cassie spends every moment trying to be perfect wife and mum, but can't help feeling she's getting it all wrong. Commitment-phobic Coco adores running her vintage dress shop - but since a disastrous break-up, her love life's become an antique. Their lives are full to the brim - so why do they both feel that something is missing? As the sisters try to find their way to lasting happiness, fate has a few surprises in store as the past makes a sudden appearance in the present . . .

An original short fiction by a popular writer of novels for young women Witty novella from a seasoned storyteller on competition between sisters. Elsie and Maisie live on opposite sides of the Atlantic. Regular letter writers, they tend to boast about their respective families. Over time, the gulf between fact and fiction grows immense, until a letter arrives from Chicago saying that Maisie's granddaughter is coming to stay with her Irish family. With no fancy house and little in the way of luxury, Elsies working-class family sets to work on inventive interior design.and the truth.

The #1 Sunday Times bestselling author Cathy Kelly brings you a heartwarming and refreshingly relatable new story about sisterhood, love and friendship - and the secrets we keep hidden from those closest to us.

The warm and engaging new novel from the bestselling author of BEST OF FRIENDS.

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?

The Year that Changed Everything [Paperback] Kelly, Cathy

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.

An irresistible collection of short stories, some hilarious, some heartbreaking, from the most popular contemporary Irish women writers. Poignant, hilarious, heartwarming in turn, this anthology includes never-before-published short stories by some of the best-known and best-loved Irish writers, including Maeve Binchy, Marian Keyes, Cathy Kelly, Julie Parsons, Deirdre Purcell, Joan O'Neill, Morag Prunty, Colette Caddle and many more. It also includes stories by up-and-coming Irish stars like Annie Sparrow, Catherine Barry and Marisa Mackle. While some stories will have you laughing out loud, others will have you reaching for your hanky: but they all display their own peculiar brand of Irish charm. And it's all in a very good cause: 1 pound from every copy sold will go to Barnardo's children's charity, and the Irish charity, The Society of St Vincent de Paul, which aims to alleviate poverty throughout the world.

It all started with Paris . . . At the top of the Eiffel Tower, a young man proposes to his girlfriend - and in that second, everything changes - for the couple, but also for their families back in Ireland . . . Leila's been nursing a badly broken heart since her husband upped and left, but she's determined to put on a brave face for the bride. Vonnie, a widow and exceptional cake-maker, is just daring to let love back into her life, although someone seems determined to stop it. And head teacher Grace finds the impending wedding of her son means that she's spending more time with her ex-husband. After all those years apart, is it possible she's made a mistake?

Sid wears her independence like armour. So when she strikes up a rare connection with unlucky-in-love Finn, they are both determined to prove that men and women can just be friends. Can't they? Marin has the perfect home, attentive husband, two beloved children - and a secret addiction to designer clothes. She knows she has it all, so why can't she stop comparing herself to other women? Bea believes that we all have one love story - and she's had hers. Now her life centres around her son, Luke, and her support group of fierce single women. But there's something that she can't tell anyone...

The wonderful and heart-warming new novel full of secrets, lies and family ties from Sunday Times bestselling author, Cathy Kelly. Bess is hoping to show everyone just how happy her recent marriage is, but behind all the party-planning the cracks are beginning to show. Why is joining a family so difficult? Jojo, Bess's stepdaughter, has a point to make. Bess is not her mother, and she won't replace the one she's been missing every day for the last two years. And will she ever get the chance to become a mum herself? Cousin Cari is a fierce career-woman who isn't unnerved by anything - apart from facing the man who left her at the altar, and he's on the guestlist. Her job has been a safe place to hide ever since - but is it time to let love into her life again? Thanks to laughter, tears and one surprise appearance, the Brannigans might just discover the secrets of a happy marriage . . . But will they find out before it's too late? 'Wise, warm, compassionate and full of characters I loved ... it's like having a great gossip with your best friends' Marian Keyes

An exclusive short story for World Book Day from one of our bestselling authors

'Honest, funny, clever, it sparkles with witty, wry observations on modern life. I loved it' Marian KeyesThe greatest gift of all...Freya Abalone's life looks perfect from the outside: big family, dream career and a gorgeous new home. But she can't stop thinking that something is missing, that maybe she's not good enough...And now Freya's happy, blended family is about to be turned upside-down. For years Freya has raised her husband's daughter as her own, but now her glamorous, party-loving birth mother, Elisa, has crashed back into their lives.If there's one thing that Freya's sure of, it's that her family is the greatest gift of all - and when life gives you lemons, you throw them right back!

A festive collection of short stories by No. 1 bestseller, Cathy Kelly. The perfect stocking filler! Lose yourself in a warm and wonderful collection of short stories from bestselling Irish storyteller Cathy Kelly. From Dolores and Genevieve, two spinster sisters who must finally break free from their mother's powerful personality, to Alice, who is facing having to open her home and her heart to the one visitor that she doesn't want this Christmas; from a captivating family story triggered by a letter to Lily's disastrous arrival at her best friend's wedding, these are stories to make you laugh, cry and nod in recognition. Relax and unwind this holiday season and indulge yourself in these warm and uplifting tales. Remember that Christmas comes but once a year, so curl up by a roaring fire and let the magic reel you in . . .

Having it all does not make you happy. These triplet princesses had everything money could buy so all they did was worry about how they looked-they were never pretty enough! Until one day, they saw the world outside of themselves and wanting to make that world a better place-found their inner beauty.

Kierewiet bestaat uit zes verhalen over trouw en ontrouw, flirten en jaloezie, mode en lekker eten, familie, en andere rampen. Charmante, hilarische, ontroerende verhalen van de bestsellerauteur van Dan komt alles goed en Het huis aan het plein .De zes verhalen in deze bundel - Kierewiet- Dat je binnenkort maar iets interessants mag beleven- Brief uit Chicago- Wat doen we met moeder?- Lizzies avontuurtje- Thelma, Louise en de twee stukken

Verhalen van Ierse schrijfsters.

Drie Ierse vrouwen ontmoeten elkaar tijdens een vakantie in Egypte, raken bevriend en worden elkaars steun en toeverlaat.

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.

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

Bevat: - Echt verliefd!- Wat ze wil!- Iemand als jij

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

Twee goede vriendinnen uit Dublin gaan door een verandering in hun leven: de een ontdekt dat haar man een vriendin heeft, de ander is onverwacht zwanger en verliest daardoor haar vriend.

Am Freitagmorgen scheint das Leben von Jo und Aisling perfekt. Doch nach einem Tag voller unerwarteter Wendungen stehen sie vor persönlichen Krisen: Jo entdeckt ihre Schwangerschaft und verliert ihren Freund, während Aisling ihre Ehe in Frage stellen muss. Gemeinsam suchen sie Trost bei einem Abend voller Jammern und Champagner.