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Summary: One of those books you don't want to end!
Review: If you are a fan of Rosamund Pilcher and Maeve Binchy, you will be delighted to welcome Cathy Kelly to your library. Pour the glass of wine or cup of tea and enjoy your trip to Ireland. The characters and settings were wonderfully detailed and by the end of the book, you felt that pang that comes when a good book ends! I did become frustrated when the characters seemed to make bad choices over and over again - but then I also know many women who are exactly like that. I am delighted to add Cathy Kelly to my reading list and wish that we could get access to her previous novels that were released in the UK.
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Summary: A lovely treat
Review: If you like Rosamund Pilcher or Maeve Binchy, check out Cathy Kelly. She writes in the same homey, heartfelt style that made me both laugh out loud and brought me to tears. "Someone Like You" is a cozy, contemporary British novel; the perfect accompaniment for curling up in your favorite chair or in bed with a mug of tea. I thoroughly enjoyed it and hope Cathy Kelly's other novels will be published in the U.S. soon, otherwise I might have to splurge and buy them on amazon.co.uk.
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Summary: Ever been a three musketeer?
Review: Someone Like You is an insigtful novel about an unexpected friendship between three very different women. A sisterhood develops between these women- each now has people who they can be themselves with without prexisting expectations and history that can cloud long-standing relationships. It Explores the ups an downs experienced during their search to find that something that is missing in their lives. During their search, they discover what they were looking for all along as well things that they didn't even realize were missing. It provides an honest and modern depiction of friendship and that search to make life meaningful. The author draws you in to the relationship between these women and into their quests for individual happiness. All human beings can relate to that quest. I truly had trouble putting this book down.
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Summary: Simply wonderful
Review: There's a new crop of Irish authors gaining international success -- and Cathy Kelly is one of them. Kelly's literary debut in the US, Someone Like You, is an endearing story that centers in the lives of three rather different women. Hannah: a career-oriented, gym-obsessed beauty with a penchant for unreliable men. Emma: a happily married woman who hopes to have a baby. The doormat of a self-centered sister and a manipulative father, Emma's relationship with the aforementioned family members worsens when her mother suddenly becomes ill... Leonie: a middle-aged divorced mother of three children whose ordered life shatters when her ex-husband announces his pending nuptials. Having met on vacation in Egypt, these women stick together through the rough patches in their lives. Their togetherness makes for a poignant and endearing read. Cathy Kelly is a great literary voice that will capture readers' hearts. I recommend this wonderful novel.
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Summary: enjoyable female buddy novel
Review: Thirty-seven year old American Hannah Campbell is not really enjoying her trysts with her younger perfect male specimen though the muscle bound stud helps her somewhat forget her former spouse whose off traipsing somewhere like the Amazon. Though Jeff Williams would have been the leading model for an Ancient Rome statue, a bored Hannah leaves him to visit Egypt. At the Pyramids, Hannah meets a forty something mother of three teens (packed off to their father) Leonie and the younger too tall and plain Emma chaperoned by her obnoxious parents. The three women become friends and when they return home to Ireland surprisingly stay in touch with one another. Leonie uses the personals to find dates that always end in the toilet. Emma wants to become pregnant, but has no success at conceiving. Hannah falls in love with a too die for actor, but doubts whether she can stay the course and commit to anything beyond a cup of coffee fling. Troubles for the trio multiply as family members make things worse for each one, but they have one other to lend a crying shoulder. Though the tale of female friendship has been told often especially of late, SOMEONE LIKE YOU retains freshness due to the lead characters. The trio feels so genuine as they struggle with their respective situations in life specifically with relationships outside those with their two new pals. Though the story line oozes with much angst, Cathy Kelly adds humor to ease the tension so that the audience has an enjoyable female buddy novel. Harriet Klausner
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Summary: I loved this book...
Review: This is the first book by Cathy Kelly I have ever read & I have to say I absolutely loved it... I did not want it to end. After finishing this one I would love to read all of Cathy Kelly's books.
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Summary: Amazing
Review: This was definitely one of the best books I have read. I love that not only are you reading about the stories of these three amazing women, but you are reading about the lives of the characters sorrounding them. I cannot wait for another of her books.
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Summary: Amazing
Review: This was definitely one of the best books I have read. I love that not only are you reading about the stories of these three amazing women, but you are reading about the lives of the characters sorrounding them. I cannot wait for another of her books.
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Summary: I loved it!
Review: What was so wonderful about this book, aside from the basics: great plot, great characters, great development, were the characters themselves. There are three main characters in this book and I loved all three equally. Cathy Kelly did a wonderful job of letting the reader see each of these very different women as who they were, and yet also let us see how such different women could form such a strong friendship and bond. The pace of this book was very well done. Many authors skim over details and only focus on the big things...but not so with this novel. Cathy Kelly took her time, while all the while not creating a slow-read. Great writing!!
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