Homecoming - Cathy Kelly

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.

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 Tír na nÓg’s Tike 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 the treasured wisdom handed down from mother to daughter really be relevant today? And what are the ingredients for a life well lived?

Every woman needs her Cathy Kelly time…