Lessons in Heartbreak

by Cathy Kelly (Author)

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  Hardcover
  2008

  $3.29

  The new novel from the international no. 1 bestselling author. Izzie Silver left the small Irish town of Tamarin behind her for life in New York. She's big, beautiful, and dreams of her own model agency for plus-sized women (what her grandmother would call healthy.) Life is good -- but she's just broken one of her cardinal rules and fallen for a married man. On the other side of the ocean, Izzie's aunt Anneliese discovers the pain of infidelity for herself. Her husband Edward has been having an affair with her best friend, Nell. Devastated and angry, Anneliese is facing the realisation that she is now alone. When Lily, the matriarch of the family is taken ill, the family must put their own problems aside. Izzie, intrigued by her grandmother's past begins to discover things she never knew about wise, calm Lily. Annaliese feels despair build as Lily, the one person who could have helped her, starts to slip away. And the lessons each of the women learns -- past and present -- bring both joy and heartbreak. Lessons they will carry with them forever.

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  Paperback
  2008

  $3.29

  The warm and moving new novel from the no. 1 bestselling author of Always and Forever and Past Secrets. Having left the small Irish town where she grew up, Izzie is now very much a New Yorker. She's big and beautiful and runs a model agency for plus-sized women. But she's just broken one of her cardinal rules by falling for a married man, and now it's make or break time. On the other side of the world Izzie's aunt Anneliese is just discovering that her husband Edward has been having an affair with her best friend Nell. Utterly devastated and angry at such betrayal, Anneliese is facing the terrifying realisation that at nearly sixty years old, she is now utterly alone. Then suddenly the women are forced to forget their personal problems and come together as Lynne, the beloved family matriarch is gravely ill. Arriving in the beautiful seaside town of Tamarin where they once lived, they begin to learn about Lynne's past and her great love during the war -- Commander Jamie Hamilton. Love may have led them to heartbreak, but Izzie and Anneliese soon understand they still have the power to rebuild their lives and find true happiness!

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  Upbeat and bursting with emotion - this is another gem from the No. 1 bestselling author, Cathy Kelly. Three Lives. Three Loves. Three Reasons to Let Go. Izzie Silver left the small Irish town of Tamarin behind for New York. Life is good - until she breaks her own rules and falls for a married man. On the other side of the ocean, Izzie's aunt Anneliese discovers the pain of infidelity for herself. Then Lily, the wise and compassionate family matriarch, is taken ill. At her bedside back in Ireland, Izzie discovers a past her grandmother has never spoken of, while Anneliese feels despair mount. The one person she could have turned to is starting to slip away. The lessons each of the women learns - both past and present - bring joy and heartbreak. And the hardest lesson of all is learning to let go.