Chick Lit Reading Challenge # 7

I hadn't picked up a Cathy Kelly for quite some time but as I have a bit of a soft spot for novels set in Ireland I thought I would give her new one Homecoming it a go.

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…?





I thoroughly enjoyed all the characters and how their stories developed - the addition of Eleanor's mother's cookbook was interesting. It is no ordinary cookbook but is filled with recipes for life which she then passes on to the other characters.

Cathy Kelly has been described as the the Maeve Binchy - maybe that's another author I should try.

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