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Kate Kerrigan is an author living and working in Ireland. Her novels are Recipes for a Perfect Marriage which was shortlisted for Romantic Novel of the Year in 2008 and been translated into 20 languages, The Miracle of Grace, which has been adapted as a film script with funding from the Irish Film Board and Ellis Island, the first of a trilogy which was selected as a TV Book Club Summer Read in Britain and launched in the U.S. with Harper Collins in July 2011. Its sequel City of Hope is published by Pan Macmillan in Britain and scheduled for publication in America by Harper Collins in 2013.

Kate began her career as an editor and journalist, editing many of Britain’s most successful young women’s magazines before returning to her native Irel...more




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Average rating: 3.60 · 2,187 ratings · 455 reviews · 11 distinct works · Similar authors
Ellis Island
3.61 of 5 stars 3.61 avg rating — 1,288 ratings — published 2009 — 7 editions
Recipes for a Perfect Marri...
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3.62 of 5 stars 3.62 avg rating — 678 ratings — published 2003 — 5 editions
City of Hope: A Novel
3.7 of 5 stars 3.70 avg rating — 79 ratings — published 2011 — 5 editions
The Miracle of Grace
3.6 of 5 stars 3.60 avg rating — 82 ratings — published 2008 — 5 editions
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Land of Dreams
4.33 of 5 stars 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2013
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“We both grew so used to each other, so comfortable with the naturalness and ease of our friendship, that we became sloppy about keeping our relationship a secret. It was not that we were physically demonstrative or obviously in love, more that it had become impossible for us to hide our close involvement. We had gradually acquired the unmistakable air of old-love: finishing each other's sentences and speaking to each other with an offhand, presuming intimacy that was eventually noticed.”
Kate Kerrigan, The Miracle of Grace

“Kupikir orang tidak akan bisa membuat komitmen sebelum benar-benar jatuh cinta. Sekarang aku tahu, kita tidak akan bisa mencintai dengan tulus sebelum membuat komitmen.”

“Inilah kesempatan terakhirku dalam cinta, bukan karena aku sudah terlalu tua untuk menjalin cinta dengan orang lain, tetapi karena sudah waktunya berhenti. Berhenti berlari, mengejar sasaran bergerak yang kusebut kebahagiaan itu, dan merasa berbahagia dengan apa yang sudah kumiliki.”
Kate Kerrigan

“Seorang ibu akan selalu khawatir memikirkan anaknya, setiap hari selama hidupnya.”
Kate Kerrigan, Recipes for a Perfect Marriage: A Novel

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Derick Hudson Many thanks for the connection, Kate. Love your work. If you get a chance you might check out my Irish romcom, 'Dysfunctional Romance!'
Cheers Kate.
Derick
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