Book description
Artist Eve Caulton is 50, divorced and ready for a new life. She can't believe her luck when she manages to buy Kimberly Cottage, one of a perfect little crescent of cottages on Bramble Lane. She can look forward to peace and quiet, in one of Dublin's most exclusive suburbs.
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This book has so much I love about it: it’s set in Dublin, the home of my father and therefore part of my heritage.
It features a group of feisty women, the youngest of whom is in her fifties (way younger than me), while the rest are old enough to know better. It’s packed full of humour—who wouldn’t laugh at the idea of the older generation behaving worse than the teenagers. And there’s a huge dollop of old Irish magic to add to the mix.
Despite the fact that this wonderful group of women seem to attract dead bodies like…
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