Just Between Us - Softcover

Kelly, Cathy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0007154321 ISBN 13: 9780007154326

Publisher: HarperCollins, 2002

Synopsis

A novel about how three very different women cope with the complexities of their lives -- relationships, careers, and families -- to find fulfilment.

About this title

Review:

On the surface, Rose Miller, the heroine of Cathy Kelly's Just Between Us, has a golden life: she's just about to celebrate her 40th wedding anniversary with her lovely husband Hugh, her three daughters are all wonderful and her home in the small Irish town of Kinvara is gorgeous. So far it sounds like a feature in a glossy magazine, where everyone is happy and smiling and the only foreseeable problems ahead involve estimating the exact quantity of canapés for the party guests at Rose's ruby wedding bash. But Cathy Kelly doesn't deal in slick clichés. Her characters, despite their glamorous exteriors, face real emotional dilemmas and heartaches. As Rose says: "It was one thing to look as if your life was perfect, it was another thing for it to be so. Looks could be deceptive."

Cathy Kelly, with great warmth and compassion, begins to reveal the not-so-gilded truth about the four Miller women. Rose is questioning her marriage; her youngest daughter Holly is lacking in self-confidence and stuck in a boring job that stifles her creativity; single parent Stella is a brilliant lawyer and mum, but romance seems to be by-passing her; and Tara has a glowing television career, but her home life is turning out to be far from rosy--her husband seems to be drinking to excess. Over the course of some 500 hundred chatty pages Cathy Kelly reveals the women's secret doubts. Their problems are distressing, but the novel still has that feel-good factor; the author mixes humour with realism and the result is this compelling sixth novel from the bestselling Irish author. --Eithne Farry

Review:

‘The carefully structured narrative culminates in a powerfully insightful and ultimately moving denouement.’ CHOICE

‘Told with Kelly’s trademark warmth and wit, this novel will have you pinned to your deckchair.’ Woman and Home

Pre-publication review of JUST BETWEEN US:

'Kelly has earned her place on the bestseller lists with her sharp understanding of behaviour, and this splendid women's read will keep her there. The feel-good factor... is a particularly endearing trait, spreading warmth and a satisfying conclusion.' Publishing News, September 2002

Acclaim for Cathy Kelly's novels:

'A compulsive read'
Woman's Weekly

'Kelly dramatises her story with plenty of sparky humour' The Times

'Down-to-earth and insightful, her novels are as compelling as Big Brother'
Andrea Henry, The Mirror

‘Totally believable’ Rosamunde Pilcher

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0007154321
• ISBN 13: 9780007154326
• Binding: Paperback