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4.0 out of 5 stars
ENJOYABLE READ - add this one to your bag of "summer reads", March 3, 2005
If you enjoy reading Rosamund Pilcher and Maeve Binchy, you will enjoy this book. Unlike Pilcher and Binchy's books, this story is set in present day Ireland. In the Irish country town of Kinvarra, Rose and Hugh are preparing to celebrate their 40th wedding anniversary. We meet their children, Stella, single mother, Tara, newly married and Holly, youngest of the three daughters. We also meet a number of other people, both "straight laced" and very modern. Characters in this book are enjoyable and most important believable. The plot flows smoothly. I am looking forward to reading more books by Cathy Kelly.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
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GREAT!, March 16, 2007
I love this book! All of Cathy Kelly's books give the point of view of a few different people and it keeps you so interested. The main characters this time were that of a well known family in a small town. Rose, the matriarch is just approaching her 40th wedding anniversary and has kept the fact that her husband unfaithful to herself for almost all of the 40 years. Her oldest daughter, Stella, is raising her young daughter on her own and is just falling in love for the first time since the birth of her daughter. Rose's middle daughter, Tara, is blissfully newly married, or so she thought. Tara is struggling through her whirlwind marriage and learning her husband has a few secrets of his own. And Rose's poor youngest daughter, Holly, has a lack of self confidence all stemming from Rose's own problems when Holly was a baby.
It's such a good book that takes you into the minds of each of the woman and they gain control of their lives.
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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Lovely Irish Family Tale, November 4, 2006
Cathy Kelly is someone I had never read before, and I'm anxious to see what else she has written. She started with a funny and self-deprecating dedication to all the people who kept her going and helped her to keep on track in finishing the book, and you would never know it, because it held my complete interest for well over 400 pages.
The story of a modern Irish family of three grown women and their parents, Just Between Us is as contemporary as it is heartwarming. Rose and Hugh Miller are about to celebrate their 40th anniversary. Rose is still lovely and a pillar of her circle: charity work, gracious parties, committee attendance, and all the rest. Affable Hugh, well-off and from an old monied family, is equally charming. But is something wrong beneath the surface?
Daughter Stella is divorced with one winsome daughter, Amelia. A successful attorney, Stella shuns all men, preferring to give her daughter a stable life instead. But Stella is young and beautiful--can this last? Middle daughter Tara is a writer on one of Ireland's most successful soap operas. She is madly in love with her husband Finn, whom she married after only 6 months of courtship. Now, she is learning things about Finn that could tear them apart. Youngest daughter Holly sees herself as fat and unattractive, not realizing her beauty and appeal. A sweet, funny and smart woman, she lives in a flat with two fun friends (funky designer and gay fashionista) right across the hall. They cook, hang out, and confide. Until a handsome male stranger moves into the flat one floor above...
Told with compassion, humor and a bit of sass, Just Between Us is a great book to read on a weekend day when it's too cold outside to rake the leaves. Yes, it has a happy ending, and no, I won't apologize for loving the heck out of it.
Highly recommended!
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