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Homecoming
by
Cathy Kelly
From #1 international bestselling author Cathy Kelly comes a witty, warmhearted novel about friendship, forgiveness, and second chances. . . . Sometimes the only way forward . . .
They say you can't go home again, and truth be told, Eleanor Levine never planned to. Yet here she is, back in Ireland after a lifetime in New York, moving her treasured possessions--including her...more
They say you can't go home again, and truth be told, Eleanor Levine never planned to. Yet here she is, back in Ireland after a lifetime in New York, moving her treasured possessions--including her...more
Paperback, 432 pages
Published
September 16th 2010
by HarperCollins UK
(first published 2010)
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Este livro custou 5 euros em segunda mão e é um dos livros mais enternecedores que eu já li. Não é uma obra-prima, não está maravilhosamente escrito, mas a sua simplicidade é o que mais me fascina. As personagens são simples, mas são humanas. Conseguimos facilmente encontrar semelhanças com a nossa própria vida ou com a de alguém conhecido. O livro conta história de quatro mulheres: Eleanor, Megan, Rae e Connie. Estas mulheres têm uma coisa em comum: um pa...more
Este livro custou 5 euros em segunda mão e é um dos livros mais enternecedores que eu já li. Não é uma obra-prima, não está maravilhosamente escrito, mas a sua simplicidade é o que mais me fascina. As personagens são simples, mas são humanas. Conseguimos facilmente encontrar semelhanças com a nossa própria vida ou com a de alguém conhecido. O livro conta história de quatro mulheres: Eleanor, Megan, Rae e Connie. Estas mulheres têm uma coisa em comum: um pa...more
Originally Reviewed at Novel Escapes
I thoroughly enjoyed Homecoming! I can’t recall how long it’s been since I’ve read some Brit Lit, or Irish Lit and this was a great, fun read. There is something distinctly different about this genre and the novels always make me want to move to a small town across the pond and cozy up with my neighbours. There is something so friendly and honest with these books and even the ‘villains’ never seem so terrible.
Homecoming intertwines four women, but at no point...more
I thoroughly enjoyed Homecoming! I can’t recall how long it’s been since I’ve read some Brit Lit, or Irish Lit and this was a great, fun read. There is something distinctly different about this genre and the novels always make me want to move to a small town across the pond and cozy up with my neighbours. There is something so friendly and honest with these books and even the ‘villains’ never seem so terrible.
Homecoming intertwines four women, but at no point...more
It is true that there is no place like home but sometimes in times of trouble we forget the reality of home. We romanticize the idea of home and when finally do go there we find that home is wherever you are with your family/friends close by. Several of the characters in this book were already at home in Golden Square but didn't fully realize the true meaning of home.
Eleanor goes to Ireland to visit her birthplace after years of being in New York, to heal after the death of her beloved husband....more
Eleanor goes to Ireland to visit her birthplace after years of being in New York, to heal after the death of her beloved husband....more
I struggled to get through parts of this book, for me I found that they brought the remainder of the pages and story down a little. The highlights for me were the back-stories to the majority of the characters, the lives they had led, the secrets they kept - for me, they kept me reading.
Being relatively young (I'm 25) my biggest identification with this book came in the form of Megan. I won't give away much, only to say I'm sure many readers have made mistakes when it comes to the wrong people a...more
Being relatively young (I'm 25) my biggest identification with this book came in the form of Megan. I won't give away much, only to say I'm sure many readers have made mistakes when it comes to the wrong people a...more
Oct 09, 2010
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Cathy Kelly is back on track in this latest heartwarming tale (is it just me or is she becoming more like Maeve Binchy as time goes on)? This is the type of book you can snuggle up with, a cup of tea and biscuits in one hand. It’s easy to read, the plot is interesting but not exceptionally brain-taxing and it’s fun.
Like other Cathy Kelly novels, this book is set in Ireland and has several main female characters. There’s Eleanor, returning to Ireland after a life in New York; Rae, whose happy fac...more
Like other Cathy Kelly novels, this book is set in Ireland and has several main female characters. There’s Eleanor, returning to Ireland after a life in New York; Rae, whose happy fac...more
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I jumped at the chance to read the newest Cathy Kelly book as I've devoured her novels in the past. She writes sweet chicklit that both me and my mother enjoy reading.
As you can see from the long summary, there's a lot going on in this book. And reading that summary it made me a bit anxious, cause with so much going on, how can you really get into the characters? Get to really know the main character, since you have 4? I so love to connect with them and I remember that in the past when I read Ke...more
As you can see from the long summary, there's a lot going on in this book. And reading that summary it made me a bit anxious, cause with so much going on, how can you really get into the characters? Get to really know the main character, since you have 4? I so love to connect with them and I remember that in the past when I read Ke...more
I enjoy the warmth and relaxation that Cathy Kelly's books offer. They are wonderful escapist reading and Homecoming is no exception. Kelly brings together a disparate group of people who reside around the Golden Square, featuring the stories of Eleanor who is mourning the loss of her husband, Megan who is hiding from the paparazzi after an ill-considered affair, Rae who is terrified of her lifelong secret being revealed and Connie who has given up on finding love, without neglecting an array of...more
I always enjoy Cathy Kelly's books and this was no exception. The four characters are all women - Eleanor, Megan, Rae and Connie. All of different ages, different backgrounds and all live in Golden Square under different circumstances. The book follows the four women, and all have something in their past that they want to hide, or at least try to forget. The stories are interesting without being taxing, and you keep reading because you genuinely want to find out how they all resolve the problems...more
Loved this book, what a tale of what we as women can learn from each other and gain from each other. I fell in love with the receipe book, so much so that I might try my own hand at it. My mother is also gone, too early in this life, but left behind may ideas and ideals that I think I have used (and maybe improved upon).
I really enjoy books, that make me want to meet the charecter's for a cup of tea (and maybe a cupcake!).
I really enjoy books, that make me want to meet the charecter's for a cup of tea (and maybe a cupcake!).
“Reencontros” é um livro que ficará para sempre na minha memória.
Esta maravilhosa história chegou a mim transbordando conceitos valorosos bem como uma humanidade palpável onde assisti a um cruzar de vidas fascinante. Entrelaçados por mil laços invisíveis vemos os nossos personagens descobrir o seu caminho pela neblina até ao raiar da felicidade, oferecendo-nos no seu percurso, uma autêntica lição de vida.
Esta maravilhosa história chegou a mim transbordando conceitos valorosos bem como uma humanidade palpável onde assisti a um cruzar de vidas fascinante. Entrelaçados por mil laços invisíveis vemos os nossos personagens descobrir o seu caminho pela neblina até ao raiar da felicidade, oferecendo-nos no seu percurso, uma autêntica lição de vida.
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I really enjoyed Homecoming. The characters are an eclectic group, but they mesh so well that I wish I were one of them. The support they give one another is akin to what one might receive from a close family. As a reader, we watch them come together and grow as a "family". A well written novel about friendship is just what I needed to break my Mystery streak. The fact that it is set in Dublin is just an added bonus.
I really enjoyed Homecoming. The characters are an eclectic group, but they mesh so well that I wish I were one of them. The support they give one another is akin to what one might receive from a close family. As a reader, we watch them come together and grow as a "family". A well written novel about friendship is just what I needed to break my Mystery streak. The fact that it is set in Dublin is just an added bonus.
Good overall story. Lots of different life scenarios going on. The older sister not yet married, the starlet hiding from a scandel, the widow grieving for his husband, the happily married woman's teenager pregnancy coming to light, etc. However, I had trouble keeping all the different characters, sub-characters straight. I kept having to ask myself, "Who is this again?" (Age? or just too many? I'm not sure. I've read other books by the same author and enjoyed them too.
I hadn't read any Cathy Kelly before "Homecoming" but I will certainly be reading more now!
The story follows four women, each at crisis point in their own lives, who are all brought together by one place: Golden Square. The narrative style is reminiscient of Maeve Binchy's multiple narratives - one omniscient narrator, cutting between the four protagonists who each, in their own special way, help each other out. However, Kelly adds her own sense of style to the narrative - it's gentler and less...more
The story follows four women, each at crisis point in their own lives, who are all brought together by one place: Golden Square. The narrative style is reminiscient of Maeve Binchy's multiple narratives - one omniscient narrator, cutting between the four protagonists who each, in their own special way, help each other out. However, Kelly adds her own sense of style to the narrative - it's gentler and less...more
Kelly ottaa useimmiten kirjansa päähenkilöiksi yhteisön, ryhmän eri ikäisiä naisia ja kuvaa heidän suhdettaan elämään, toisiinsa ja miehiin. Sinänsä vaikkapa Keyesiin verrattuna chick litistä puhuminen ei ole paikallaan, mutta koska miehet pyörivät teksteissä vain statisteina, joku lajimääritelmä sentään täyttyy.
Homecomingin kansi on epäonnistunein ikinä, koska päähenkilöinä on joukko keski-ikäisiä ja yksi vanha nainen. Demografian vuoksi on heitetty mukaan nuorehko näyttelijä-rakastajatar ja ne...more
Homecomingin kansi on epäonnistunein ikinä, koska päähenkilöinä on joukko keski-ikäisiä ja yksi vanha nainen. Demografian vuoksi on heitetty mukaan nuorehko näyttelijä-rakastajatar ja ne...more
I liked this, but what kept me from giving it 5 stars was that it was a little preachy, heavy on living-one's-life advice. Having a grief-stricken psychotherapist in the mix acting as kind of a fount of wisdom was a little off-putting, though I loved her mother's recipe/journal thingy that appeared at the beginning of each chapter. Reminds me of Maeve Binchy's books.
I love all of Cathy Kelly's books, but especially Homecoming, where you not only read about strong, gutsy women, you get to know them and care about them. Each of the four main women has her own problems that she tries to keep private but learns that sharing with friends strengthens her and makes life not only bearable but joyful. The author has a real talent for talking to the reader and sharing great bits of wisdom. She is very much like a young Maeve Binchy.
I loved this book. It was my first Cathy Kelly and I will definitely be looking for more of her books now. I did find it a little slow to start off with, but it didn't last long and it soon turned into one of those don't want to put down books. There were quite a few characters to get used to, but once you had them straight in your head it just all worked perfectly!
Give me a book set in Ireland and I will most likely love it, especially if it is written by Cathy Kelly. This was a light, sweet, fun read. She is a lot like Maeve Binchy. Reading one of her books is cozy and comforting, perfect for the beach or for a rainy day.
I liked the book, would have given it 3.5 stars. The author's style reminds me a lot of Maeve Binchy. Both authors write long stories, that often don't have any suspenseful drama and includes lots of characters. No surprises in this book (I never needed to take a peek at the ending, hee hee), but it was an enjoyable read.
I really thought I would like it. Based on research, I thought it would be a similar type to Binchy and Keyes, but even though it was an easy read, it just didn't grip me. I ended up skimming through it, just to get to the end.
Picked this up for some light reading - I expected to enjoy it well enough as I do with all Cathy Kelly's books, but was surprised to find exactly how much I enjoyed it. Yes, there were tears in parts. A lovely story about life lessons that doesn't moralise too much.
It had potential to be a comfortable and comforting book. The writing is flat, though. The plot is mediocre. It's written with a pretty blah voice. The characters are pretty cool. I would hope this author could get better but this one just didn't have much personality.
Only acceptable, but atmospheric nonetheless, and certainly sated my occasional craving for Irishness. Overall, a bit too schmaltzy, but in such a way that I wasn't unimpressed enough to stop reading.
Not bad, but not great. Sort of Maeve Binchy like, but the characters were just not quite as well written. It's sort of another case of everything working out happily without any actual work done by the characters, just a little too pat.
Normally I wouldn't be able to finish these kinds of books but we're on holidays at the moment and it's too hard to find english books here. Anyway, it's an easy read but very uneventful.
This novel is about four women reconnecting with their past in order to find true friendship, forgiveness, and second chances. The story is tied together through a "recipe" book that is "full of knowledge on how to live life...and contained a hint of magic...the magic of food and life."
Nice low key read. Cathy Kelly's books remind me of sitting in a corner with my grandma's People's Friend magazine when I was a kid. Simple, people focused stories meant to be read with a cup of tea.
Good feel good easy to read book. Thoroughly enjoyed and as first Cathy Kelly book I have read - will definitely be keeping an eye out for other ones written by her
Shouldn't have opened a book like this when I've been reading more crime books. Only thing I can say of this is that it was nonsense. Better than some books I've read, so it earned 2 stars. Plus, before I liked Kelly's books but that was when I read mostly books like this.
This did take me quite a long time (for me) to finish this book, but I did finish it as I wanted to find out what happened with the characters. It did seem to be a slow start for the book, and I'll admit the book didn't pull me in enough, like other books have done, which is why it took me so long to read. But, I did like the characters, and cared enough about them to keep reading. To me, I found that it was a lot of build up, and then the very last part of the book seemed rushed, and the ending...more
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Born in Belfast but raised in Dublin, Cathy initially worked for thirteen years as a newspaper journalist with a national Irish Sunday newspaper, where she worked in news, features, along with spending time as an agony aunt and the paper’s film critic. However, her overwhelming love was always fiction and she published her first international bestseller, Woman To Woman, in 1997. She did not become...more
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