Sunday Times bestseller, Cathy Kelly,
returns with her latest book The Honey
Queen. In true Kelly style,
the characters are believable, immediately likeable, and engaging. The story is beautifully crafted
with just enough tension to make it comfortable to read and a page-turner at the same
time.
The novel follows three main characters:
Peggy, a young woman desperate to escape her past by setting up a knitting shop
in a town far from her family; Francesca, a career woman on the verge of
menopause and retrenchment; and Australian born Lillie, whose husband’s death
awakens an intense need to return to her birthplace and discover her
roots.
Kelly has a wonderful ability to write
about the everyday lives of women in a way that makes it nearly impossible to
put the book down. Like her last
novel, The House on Willow Street,
she uses the narrative to raise awareness about the rights of women in domestic
violence situations. Through Peggy,
who tries to convince her mother to leave the family home and start a new life,
Kelly again explores the fear of staying, the fear of leaving, and the eventual
relief when the cycle is broken.
The author’s deep love of true family and
community shines through the narrative.
The reader is transported into the realistic but loveable town of
Redstone and into the innermost thoughts of her characters as they try to build
good lives and genuine relationships.
Amanda
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