Cathy Kelly

The Sunday Times No. 1 paperback bestseller, warm and moving - another gem from the much-loved Cathy Kelly.

Another bestseller full of Cathy Kelly’s trademark warmth, romance, optimism and wit. Friends this good are hard to find… What’s the secret of the fabulous Miller girls? Everyone says that they lead charmed lives: successful lawyer and single mother Stella; TV writer Tara, and dreamy, artistic Holly. Their elegant mother Rose is about to celebrate her fortieth wedding anniversary to husband Hugh, and the Irish town on Kinvarra is looking forward to the celebrations. But as plans are made for the party, the three sisters and their mother start to reveal each of their secret heartaches to one another. Are they strong enough to deal with the truth about their golden lives?

Love, life and friendship â?¦ No one captures it better than No. 1 bestseller Cathy Kelly.

A Cathy Kelly classic – full of her trademark warmth and wit from the No. 1 bestselling author. Fairy godmothers do exist, even in the tranquil hills of Ireland… In the beautiful town of Carrickwell, live three women whose lives were all mapped out: ambitious Mel was determined to have a career as well as a family; caring Daisy dreampt of having a child with her boyfriend; and hot-headed Cleo wanted to finish her degree and step into the family business. But then the landscape shifted and everything came tumbling down. When Leah, a woman with her own secret turmoil, opens the Cluod Hills spa, Nekm Daisy and Cleo are thrown together – and find the courage to discover what really matters to them, always and forever. ‘An upbeat and diverting tale skilfully told… Kelly knows what her readers want and consistently delivers’ Sunday Independent

Sometimes what you want isnâ??t always what you need

Assisting her friends on Summer Street when secrets threaten their relationships and well-being, Christie finds her own circumstances unbalanced when truths she has hidden from her husband and sons come to the surface. Original.

When the going gets tough... In the Irish town of Carrickwell, with its lush, endlessly rolling hills and authentic country tranquility, three women's lives are anything but calm. There's Mel, a compulsively ambitious mother/publicity manager at a high-powered PR firm -- living proof that balancing motherhood and a full-time job is no walk in the park. The hot-headed, indomitable Cleo, just out of college with a degree in hotel management, would like nothing better than to modernize and revive her family's dwindling hotel -- but faces a constant battle with her old-fashioned parents. And finally, there's the stylish, sweet-tempered Daisy, a self-consciously curvy fashion buyer for an upscale clothing boutique, who has been struggling -- and longing -- to have a baby with her absolutely perfect boyfriend. Although unconnected, these three women have one thing in common: they all need a break from their stressful lives. ...these tough gals hit the nearest spa So each one sets out for a little R & R at the new Clouds Hill spa, built by an American woman with her own secret turmoil. It is there that Mel, Cleo, and Daisy meet -- their worlds and troubles colliding -- forming an intimate bond that helps them to realize what matters most in life, always and forever.

From internationally bestselling author Cathy Kelly comes a heartwarming story of three sisters who are about to discover that--even within a close-knit Irish family--looks can be deceiving. Look at them go In the Irish Country town of Kinvarra, the Miller girls are generally perceived to have it all. Single mother and brilliant attorney Stella looks like a Renaissance Madonna and is about to get a second chance at love. TV soap opera writer Tara has just married the love of her life--the charming Finn--after a whirlwind six-month romance. And shy, beautiful Holly is living an enviable bohemian life, with artistic friends and a beautiful apartment where her creative talents find an outlet. Have there ever lived three more fabulous sisters? Now look more closely. The Miller girls' mother, Rose--calm, elegant, and unchanging--is about to celebrate her fortieth wedding anniversary. But as plans for the party of the decade take shape, it's revealed that nothing in the lives of Rose and her daughters is as it seems. And as the secret heartaches the four women have kept hidden from each other begin to emerge, they're set to discover whether they're strong enough to handle the truth--and whether greater happiness awaits them still.

Four very different women--Abby, a television actress; her painfully shy teenage daughter, Jess; Lizzie, reeling from her ex-husband's new romance; and Erin, returning to Ireland from Chicago to help her husband's career--are brought together in the town of Dunmore, Ireland, by various circumstances as they get the chance to transform their lives for the better. Original. 35,000 first printing.

Cathy Kelly has enjoyed unprecedented success in the UK and her native Ireland. Building on the popularity of her "Dear Cathy" advice column, Kelly brings to her fiction a warmth and humor that speaks to women everywhere. Hannah, Emma, and Leonie, three women at critical turning points in their lives, meet on holiday and find themselves changing in unexpected ways. Hannah, young, beautiful and reeling from the betrayal of a lover, decides to throw herself into her career and embrace the single life. Emma, married for two years and hoping to start a family, constantly questions her ability to be a parent, while still allowing her own parents to interfere in her life. Leonie, generously proportioned and equally big-hearted, wonders if she'll ever find love with three teenage children in tow. Someone Like You is a celebration of life and friendship, firmly establishing Cathy Kelly as a captivating new voice in contemporary women's fiction.