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The Honey Queen

By: Cathy Kelly
Narrated by: Amy Creighton
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To discover the sweetest things in life, you sometimes have to lose your way…

It’s easy to fall in love with the beautiful town of Redstone – the locals wave and chat to each other, the shops and cafes are full of cheerful hustle and bustle. And amidst all this activity, two women believe they are getting on just fine.

Francesca’s boundless energy help her to take everything in her stride, including a husband who has lost his job and the unwelcome arrival of the menopause, which has kicked in – full throttle.

Peggy has always been a restless spirit. But now, focused and approaching thirty, she has opened her own knitting shop on the town’s high street. It’s a dream come true, but she still feels adrift.

When Australian-raised Lillie finally makes it back home to Ireland, she is drawn right into the heart of Redstone’s thriving community. But what she thought would be an ending is actually just a beginning; all of Lillie’s hard-earned wisdom will soon be called into play as she helps new friends navigate unchartered territory. . .

©2013 Cathy Kelly (P)2013 HarperCollins Publishers Limited Romance

Critic Reviews

"Light-hearted and warm… Like a gossip with friends" ( Essentials)
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A great book, hilarious hearing an irish lass do an aussie accent, but great effort. A joy to listen to.

Great book

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Clever interlinking of characters and great descriptions. Resolution was believable.

Please, narrators, check pronunciations with which you are not familiar before you record. Good accents and voice easy to listen to. (Alexi for example).

Lovely story

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Wonderfully narrated and as always an intertwined story. I found myself hoping for traffic lights to turn red to hear the end of each chapter.

Another great CK story

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Great story. Amazing how life gets complicated or rather how we make it complicated. Humans seem to over think and analyze such simple problems. Loved it.

Life gets complicated

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I loved everything about Cathy Kelly’s The Honey Queen! Kelly deals sensitively and with such great empathy, a range of very important issues that women so often have to deal with.
In addition, Amy Creighton narrates this story beautifully.

Brilliant!

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