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The Bookshop Ladies

By: Faith Hogan
Narrated by: Flora Montgomery
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About this listen

Bloomsbury presents The Bookshop Ladies by Faith Hogan, read by Flora Montgomery.

A captivating read, written with warmth and elegance, The Bookshop Ladies is the perfect escape!' Evie Woods, author of The Lost Bookshop

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From bestselling Irish writer, Faith Hogan, comes another gripping saga of friendship, betrayal and secrets in this story of a widow in search of answers to a shocking confession by her dying husband.

Joy Blackwood has no idea why her French art dealer husband has left a valuable painting to a woman called Robyn Tessier in Ballycove, a small town on the west coast of Ireland, but she is determined to find out.

She arrives in Ballycove to find that Robyn runs a rather chaotic and unprofitable bookshop. She is shy, suffering from unrequited love for dashing Kian, and badly in need of advice on how to make the bookshop successful.

As Joy becomes entangled in the daily dramas of Ballycove, uncovering the secrets behind her husband's painting grows increasingly challenging. When she finally musters the courage to confront the truth, her revelation sends shockwaves through the tight-knit community she's grown to love.

©2024 Faith Hogan (P)2024 Bloomsbury Publishing Plc. Contemporary Family Life Friendship Genre Fiction Marriage Feel-Good Heartfelt

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Critic reviews

'Heartfelt and satisfying, The Bookshop Ladies is a story about unlikely relationships, second chapters, and what it means to feel truly whole, shining a warm light on the role of friends and family on the road to self-discovery.' (Barbara Davis, bestselling author of The Keeper of Happy Endings)
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I usually enjoy stories read by Irish men and women as, being an insomniac, I listen during night and find them relaxing.

Easy read

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I enjoyed this story very much. Easy to listen to and not too much drama just an everyday story of life and family and understanding friends.

Beautiful Narration lovely story

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Just ok for me. Happy & safe but very predictable. Well read and relaxing sometimes that's ok.

Predictable

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I just loved this easy going gentle tale......I'm reading another one now and I can see there are several stories to enjoy from this author

Loved this book

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Overall it was a nice story, but I found I had to keep going back and re-listening to understand whose part of the story it was and whether it was past or present.
The narrator has a lovely voice, however, there was no distinction between characters besides their accents. If two or three ladies were talking together I had no idea who was who. I also felt that the book was just read, with no emotion, when someone was upset or shocked the narrator spoke in the same tone.

Cute but confusing

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