Someone Like You (Paperback)

As their stories develop, we witness the three women growing to lean on each other as they strive to fulfil their dreams. Friendship is a pivotal theme and Kelly, author of She's the One and Never Too Late, uses the growing bond between these women to reveal their innermost thoughts and secrets, creating fully realised, three-dimensional characters. This is evident as Emma plunges deeper into depression, realising that she may not be able to conceive: "... the pain hit her again. The pain of knowing that there had been no baby growing safely inside her, wrapped in fierce love and protected from the world by Emma's body ... She heard a noise and realised that it was herself, crying, keening like a woman at a funeral". Fans of Cathy Kelly will undoubtedly relish this modern tale of love and friendship. --Amy Gallagher

Review
From reviews of previous books: 'A compulsive read' Woman's Weekly 'All the ingredients of the blockbuster are here... a page turner' Sunday Independent 'Not only one but two likeable heroines... Kelly dramatises her story with plenty of sparky humour' The Times 'Down-to-earth and insightful, her novels are as compelling as Big Brother' Andrea Henry, Mirror

Three Irish women, each facing emotional deprivation and an uncertain future, meet on a holiday cruise and form a supportive alliance. Hannah, 35, beautiful, sophisticated and until now full of self-confidence, is bruised by the departure of her partner of 10 years. Leonie, 43, pretty but overweight and hiding behind a mask of makeup, whose arid marriage has ended amicably leaving her with three teenage children, has been equally shocked to hear that her dull husband is planning to remarry. Emma, 32, the only one who is happily married, wants a baby, and freedom from her domineering father. Back in Dublin, buoyed up by their new friendship, Leonie and Hannah both decide to find a man - one who will be gorgeous, offer them domestic security and lifelong devotion. Hannah strikes it lucky almost immediately; Leonie tries the small ads. Both women ignore what is right under their noses, and find themselves increasingly in need of the female friendship forged on their holiday, the only thing that doesn't let them down. Through Sex, shopping, family life, heartaches, ambitions, and dreams, each of them must learn the truth of the old adage, 'Be careful what you want-you might get it.' A big novel by a new Irish writer who has quickly learned, and firmly believes, the importance of writing the kind of books she herself wants to read. (Kirkus UK)

Three women plus assorted lovers, husbands, and children. American-born Hannah Campbell is 37, single, and having an affair with a younger man: ultrabuff gym rat Jeff. He takes her mind off her selfish ex, Harry, who's been gone for months, exploring the Amazon or something. Perhaps it's time she took a trip herself. . . . In Egypt, she meets Leonie, a 40-ish veterinary nurse with bleached-blond hair and too much eyeliner, the divorced mother of three teenagers who needs a break. Then there's plain Emma Sheridan, who obviously wishes she weren't prancing around the Pyramids with her loudmouthed father and fussbudget mother. By the time the camels-and-couscous tour comes to an end, the three women are fast friends and keep in touch on their return to Ireland. Leonie begins a series of disastrous dates gotten from the personals, Emma struggles with her inability to conceive, and Hannah falls for a sexy actor. She's madly in love with Felix, who alternates between the passionate and fickle-and is always self-absorbed. Can she commit to such a man? A broken condom resolves the issue: she's pregnant. She finds out later that loving a famous actor isn't as much fun as she thought, though she does love her beautiful baby daughter. Then she catches Felix in bed with the sexy au pair. Meanwhile, Leonie's kids have visited their rich father in America and returned with all sorts of bad habits and some alarming news: her ex is about to remarry. Leonie is determined to find true love now, but there are problems with her children-in fact, she can't believe now that she ever wanted kids at all. . . . Commonplace story, but bestselling UK novelist Kelly has a wonderful flair for characterization and a gentle sense of humor: an appealing debut on this side of the Atlantic. (Kirkus Reviews)

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