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Robyn Tessier, the young new owner of a chaotic used bookstore in Ballycove, Ireland, doesn’t really know what she’s doing, but she loves books and hopes that will be enough. Her mother, Fern, is an internationally renowned artist going through her own personal drama. Joy Blackwood, an American by way of Paris, shows up at the bookshop hoping for a quick visit but instead leaves as Robyn’s first (volunteer) employee.
The three women create the triad of stories in The Bookshop Ladies by Faith Hogan, where friendships are formed, secrets are revealed, and most importantly, people are forgiven.
Shy Robyn has loads of ideas of how she can improve the shop, but has neither the time nor the money to do so, nor an inclination to talk to the few customers who do visit. Joy, who has business experience, gets drafted in to help, but still is carrying around a secret that might ruin everything. Fern arrives in Ballycove with a broken heart and devoid of any creative spark to continue her artistic career.
Faith Hogan has returned to Ballycove for her tenth novel. Like her earlier books, the descriptions are vivid, and the urge to move to Ireland and be surrounded by charming people with lyrical accents is high.
This is an endearing tale shows the importance of friendship and family, but also the caustic nature of a long-held secret. Above all, it allows the reader a chance to escape into a sweet bookshop, and what could be more pleasing than that?
Maureen Stapleton
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The Bookshop Ladies Synopsis
Bestselling Irish writer, Faith Hogan, has created another gripping saga of friendship, betrayal and secrets in this story of a widow in search of answers to a shocking confession by her dying husband.
Joy Blackwood has no idea why her French art dealer husband has left a valuable painting to a woman called Robyn Tessier in Ballycove, a small town on the west coast of Ireland, but she is determined to find out.
She arrives in Ballycove to find that Robyn runs a rather chaotic and unprofitable bookshop. She is shy, suffering from unrequited love for dashing Kian, and badly in need of advice on how to make the bookshop successful.
As Joy becomes entangled in the daily dramas of Ballycove, uncovering the secrets behind her husband's painting grows increasingly challenging. When she finally musters the courage to confront the truth, her revelation sends shockwaves through the tight-knit community she's grown to love.
About This Edition
| ISBN: |
9781804545362 |
| Publication date: |
6th June 2024 |
| Author: |
Faith Hogan |
| Publisher: |
Aria an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Format: |
Hardback |
| Pagination: |
298 pages |
| Primary Genre |
Modern and Contemporary Fiction
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About Faith Hogan
Faith lives in the west of Ireland with her husband, four children and two very fussy cats. She has an Hons Degree in English Literature and Psychology, has worked as a fashion model and in the intellectual disability and mental health sector. In 2014 she was a winner Irish Writers Centre Novel Fair, in 2018 was selected as a Words Ireland winner in the DWAD afternoon and then won the Mayo Business Woman of the Year (Arts) in the Network Ireland Business Woman of the Year Awards a year later.
Her contemporary fiction novels have achieved top ten best seller status across the US, UK, Australia and Canada. My Husbands Wives was a top ten bestseller in Ireland on release. The Ladies Midnight Swimming Club reached the overall No 1 position in the Amazon UK charts along with The Guest House by the Sea. The Bookshop Ladies is her tenth novel.
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