On My Nightstand - What She Wants

What She Wants by Cathy Kelly

So far this is the thirds book I have read by Cathy Kelly, all her books are based in England / Ireland and I guess you could classify them into Chick-lit. The difference with her book though is they are long, they usually tell the stories of a few different women, and she tells it well.

I like that these book have ‘meat’. So many times I find that a book only skims the surface and does not really let you get to know the characters.

I am only about ¼ of the way through (718 pages), and so far it is just as good as the other two I have read written by her.

On the back cover:

HOPE
Adores her husband. But stuck with two children in the tiny Kerry village of Redlion, so that Matt can follow his dream, Hope just wants to go home.

Her Sister, SAM
Has just got the top London music job she’s always wanted. So why does she have the nagging feeling there’s still something missing?

Widowed VERGINIA
Wants the only thing that she can’t have. Failing that, she wants to nurse her grief in private – without the Redlion locals trying to cheer her up.

NICOLE
Insurance clerk by day and karaoke wild child by night, doesn’t think about the future until, suddenly, it looks as if she’s going to get what she didn’t even know she wanted.

In the year of turmoil that follows, they soon discover that, sometimes, what you get is what you needed all along.