Lessons in Heartbreak
By (Author) Cathy Kelly
HarperCollins Publishers
HarperCollins
1st April 2009
13th September 2012
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
Family life fiction
Contemporary lifestyle fiction
Modern and Contemporary romance
Narrative theme: Love and relationships
Narrative theme: Death, grief, loss
823.92
Paperback
480
Width 129mm, Height 198mm, Spine 29mm
330g
Upbeat and bursting with emotion - this is another gem from the No. 1 bestselling author, Cathy Kelly.
Three Lives. Three Loves. Three Reasons to Let Go.
Izzie Silver left the small Irish town of Tamarin behind for New York. Life is good until she breaks her own rules and falls for a married man.
On the other side of the ocean, Izzie's aunt Anneliese discovers the pain of infidelity for herself.
Then Lily, the wise and compassionate family matriarch, is taken ill. At her bedside back in Ireland, Izzie discovers a past her grandmother has never spoken of, while Anneliese feels despair mount. The one person she could have turned to is starting to slip away.
The lessons each of the women learns both past and present bring joy and heartbreak. And the hardest lesson of all is learning to let go.
Priase for Lessons in Heartbreak 'Kelly reels you into this addictive tale of three generations of wonmen' Woman & Home Praise for Cathy Kelly: 'A must for Kelly's many fans; a warm, moving read' Daily Mail 'Bursting with emotion, heartache and dreams!realistic and likeable characters that meet life-changing events head on' Ireland on Sunday 'Demonstrates her capacity to write observantly and kindly about women and their relationships, lit by occasional laugh-out-loud funny interludes' Irish Independent 'An upbeat and diverting tale skilfully told!Kelly knows what her readers want and consistently delivers' Sunday Independent 'Totally believable' Rosamunde Pilcher 'Warm and delightful' New Woman 'An absorbing, heart-warming tale' Company
Cathy Kelly is the author of nine other novels, all of which were number 1 bestsellers. In 2005 Cathy became an Ambassador for UNICEF in Ireland, helping to raise awareness of the plight of 12 million children orphaned across Africa through AIDS, Cathy Kelly now lives in Wicklow with her family.