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From the million-copy bestselling author of The Corner Shop in Cockleberry Bay, this is a joyful festive read about family, forgiveness, and finding your way home for the holidays.   Snow is drifting over the harbour, a twinkling Christmas market is headed to Seahaven Bay, and Rita Jory is about to learn that the most magical time of year might bring the most chaos… but it also brings the most love. Life at the Seahaven Bay Retreat has never been fuller. Engaged to gorgeous farmer Jago, mum to brand-new twins at forty-seven, and with both her grown-up children back under Cornish skies, Rita is running on cold tea, broken sleep and sheer adrenaline – and she’s determined to host the cosiest Christmas retreat the bay has ever seen. But the festive season has other plans. A charming, mysterious newcomer is setting up the harbour market, and Rita can’t shake the feeling she’s met him somewhere before. Her son is flirting with the one person he shouldn’t. Rita’s sure her daughter i...
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The Moon Over Kilmore Quay by Carmel Harrington #Review

 

Today I have a wonderful novel for you by one of Ireland's bestselling authors, Carmel Harrington. The Moon over Kilmore Quay was published by Harper Collins on 27th May 2021.

When your heart belongs in two places, can you ever truly find home?

Brooklyn, New York,
Bea has grown up in the heart of the Irish community, always hearing stories of home. When she discovers a letter from her younger self, written years before, it sends her deep into her own family history.

Kilmore Quay, Ireland.
Years earlier, Lucy Mernagh leaves her much-loved home and family in search of the New York dream. The Big Apple is a world away from the quiet village she grew up in, and the longing for home aches within her.

When Bea uncovers a shocking secret, it takes her back across the water to Kilmore Quay, where – finally – long-buried truths will come to light. But fate has one last twist in store…


 My Thoughts

This is one of those reads which wraps its arms around you and takes you on a journey through a family history. Following the story of Lucy who emigrated to New York from Ireland and Bea, a descendant, who has been raised in America, you see the lives of a close-knit community who put down roots and had the courage to settle in a foreign country. Lucy's story takes place mainly in the 1990's whilst Bea is living in the USA of 2020. You follow their stories through alternating chapters and feel the warmth of the family ties both feel.

    Friendship and sisterhood figure highly in the lives of both girls. There are some surprises in store as the stories unfold and one or two red herrings to keep you on your toes. Although a warm and uplifting tale, there are also some heartbreaking moments. Sticking with people and forgiving the past are emerging themes, as are loss, grief and betrayal. Highly recommended.

In short: Family, friendship and ties across the sea.

About the Author


Carmel Harrington is from Co. Wexford, where she lives with her husband, her children and their rescue dog. An Irish Times bestseller and regular panellist on radio and TV, her warm and emotional storytelling has captured the hearts of readers worldwide.

 

Carmel’s novels have been shortlisted for an Irish Book Award in 2016 & 2017 and her debut won Kindle Book of the Year and Romantic eBook of the Year in 2013.

 

You can follow Carmel here:  Website |  Twitter  |  Facebook                                                              |  Instagram

Book link: Amazon UK 

Thanks to Carmel Harrington, Harper Collins and Anne Cater of Random Things Tours for a copy of the book and a place on the tour. 

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