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The House on Willow Street

By: Cathy Kelly
Narrated by: Amy Creighton
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The warm, engrossing new novel from the No. 1 bestseller, Cathy Kelly

Tess used to be happy with her lot: she lives in the idyllic Irish coastal village, Avalon, with her teenage son, Zach and nine-year-old Kitty, and works in the local antiques shop. Her only regret in life is that everything went so horribly wrong with her first love. Then her marriage falls apart and her first love returns to Avalon.

Suki, Tess’s sister, fled Ireland years ago to marry politician Kyle Richardon, but when Suki discovers that a biographer is planning to tell all, there is only one place she can go to ensure that her secrets stay hidden.

Danae is the village post mistress in Avalon and she’s worked very hard to make sure nobody knows where she came from or who she is… Her past is her business and that’s the way she would like to keep it.

In Galway, Mara sits with a smile glued to her face at a wedding; she only wants to ask the groom one thing: why did he tell her he loved her? Needing to put her past behind her, Mara packs up her life and gets ready for a fresh start.

Can these four women lay their pasts to rest? Or do they need to look back before they can begin to live for the future?

 Contemporary Contemporary Romance Family Life Fiction Genre Fiction Psychological Romance Women's Fiction

Critic reviews

‘Utterly relaxing … left me with a warm feeling. The House on Willow Street delivered exactly what I needed’ The Bookbag

'Devotees regard Kelly as the successor to Irish fiction queen Maeve Binchy. She’s that and more' Sunday Mail Adelaide

‘Warm, lyrical, fascinating and comforting … genius!’ Marian Keyes

'An interweaving tale of recovery and second chances … brimming with secrets, passion, tragedy and women dealing with the challenges of being a woman in our time. A book of breathtaking scope that is always realistic' Irish Independent

‘One of our favourite authors delivers again with this feel-good page-turner. The character’s lives interweave as they revisit their pasts and try to build a better future, and you’ll find yourself cheering every step of the way’ Women’s Day
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A second book to follow the lives of the characters in their next chapter of life.

The twists of events engaging and lovely to listen too.

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something interesting with a few twists but easy going. I found I invested in the characters and really enjoyed how their stories all link up. the sound is a bit muffled and then echoy in places.

easy story to follow

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Loved this audiobook, loved all of the characters and missed them when the book had finished which I always think is a great sign of a good audiobook, I enjoyed the narration too very much. Would highly recommend this to fans of Maeve Binchey etc

Cathy Kelly at her best

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loved the story I couldn't wait to see how all the village life came into it and ended up a love story. The story was read by the perfect reader

I loved this story

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Not one of Cathy Kelly’s best stories by far! The story was very weak and predictable in places.

Narrator read the story instead of narrating it.

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