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Lessons in Heartbreak

By: Cathy Kelly
Narrated by: Aoife McMahon
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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.
Then suddenly the girls are forced to forget their personal problems and come together as Lynne, the family matriarch, is gravely ill. Arriving in the dramatically beautiful seaside town where they all once lived, Izzie and Jane soon come to realise that we can't ever choose who we fall in love with, but we can choose how we move on in life…

©2008 Cathy Kelly (P)2008 HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, London UK
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Well written but Very depressing book with an unsatisfying ending. Worst Australian accent ever! Non Australians should never attempt our accent. No one seems to get it right and it’s very insulting

Worst Australian accent

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auther her self must have been going through tough time to write a book such as this. heart breaking yeg heartwarming St the same time. made me cry specially at the end

heart breaking honesty

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I enjoyed this storyline and listened with interest as the characters evolved. I like the to and froing in lifetimes. But was disappointed with some outcomes ... but such is life!

Lessons in life

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A weak story line. The characters lack integrity. The book is blatantly anti family and anti Christianity. These kinds of books are depressing in their obvious agendas rather than an entertaining read.
The readers Australian accent was pretty poor more of a Kiwi crossed with a Springbok.

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Really struggled with this one which was a surprise as the previous book of this author was terrific.





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