Homecoming

Homecoming
Cathy Kelly

The Sunday Times No. 1 paperback bestseller.. . . because it’s where the heart is.Four women. Four lives. One place they call home.Eleanor Levine left Ireland years ago with just a suitcase and her mother’s recipe book. And now, a lifetime later, she returns from New York for Dublin’s beautiful Golden Square full of hard-won wisdom. As she watches life unfold from her window, she is drawn into the lives of the women who live in the square…Beautiful actress Megan Bouchier had fame and success in her grasp – then she made the wrong kind of headlines. Now she needs a place to hide.Big-hearted teacher Connie O’Callaghan is approaching forty and has given up on love. Why does no man match the heroes in her romantic novels?Rae is a loyal friend and wife, dispensing tea and sympathy from Titania’s Tea Room – until a secret threatens everything she holds dear. . .Rae is a loyal friend and wife, dispensing tea and sympathy from Titania’s Tea Room – until a secret threatens everything she holds dear…

Homecoming

Cathy Kelly

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Dedication (#ulink_f5cb1077-5f1c-548f-b255-0d51da6ff252)

To my husband, John, and to darling Murray and Dylan, with love

Contents

Title Page (#ud0aafe86-df39-5818-a102-cfa16bc5a058)

Copyright (#u49ec1483-102c-56bb-a474-2548a5822326)

Dedication

1 New Year (#u769204b6-b4aa-5dbe-b272-c118eec64f06)

2 Eggs (#u2c17a1b9-b5cc-586b-9cdf-b4d142e6d508)

3 Bread (#ud6b2b738-5c34-513d-ae6a-9821a48e77ac)

4 Vegetables (#uac9e4fae-f4a8-5dd0-b902-f7f2597fbb79)

5 Potatoes (#ude41ac14-368f-54a1-9a11-75b05d360740)

6 Mushrooms (#uc9c87120-9090-55b5-acef-ab8d8b60b8a6)

7 Imbolg, festival of light (#litres_trial_promo)

8 Soup (#litres_trial_promo)

9 Roasts (#litres_trial_promo)

10 Feasts (#litres_trial_promo)

11 Fish (#litres_trial_promo)

12 Other feasts (#litres_trial_promo)

13 Spring Equinox (#litres_trial_promo)

14 Irish Moss (#litres_trial_promo)

15 Holy Days (#litres_trial_promo)

16 The Queen of Sheba (#litres_trial_promo)

17 Food for the Turfcutters (#litres_trial_promo)

18 The Dairy (#litres_trial_promo)

19 The Wake (#litres_trial_promo)

20 Oats (#litres_trial_promo)

21 Herbs (#litres_trial_promo)

22 The Homestead (#litres_trial_promo)

23 Family reunions (#litres_trial_promo)

24 Weddings (#litres_trial_promo)

25 Beltane (#litres_trial_promo)

Epilogue (#litres_trial_promo)

Excerpt from The House on Willow Street (#litres_trial_promo)