Secrets Of A Happy Marriage By Cathy Kelly

[amazon_link id=”1409170594″ target=”_blank” ][/amazon_link] ‘Secrets Of A Happy Marriage’ is the latest book by Cathy Kelly.

Bess is hoping to show everyone just how happy her recent marriage is, but behind all the party-planning the cracks are beginning to show. Why is joining a family so difficult? Jojo, Bess’s stepdaughter, has a point to make. Bess is not her mother, and she won’t replace the one she’s been missing every day for the last two years. And will she ever get the chance to become a mum herself? Cousin Cari is a fierce career-woman who isn’t unnerved by anything – apart from facing the man who left her at the altar, and he’s on the guestlist. Her job has been a safe place to hide ever since – but is it time to let love into her life again? Thanks to laughter, tears and one surprise appearance, the Brannigans might just discover the secrets of a happy marriage . . . But will they find out before it’s too late?

Cathy Kelly is back with a sensitively written new book about new beginnings, family secrets and finding love.

In this story, we meet the Brannigan ladies, as they lead up to the 70th birthday of man of the Brannigan clan and the dramas that unfold before them.

Bess Brannigan has recently married widowed Edward much to the despair of his daughter, Jojo who never got over the death of her mother and who hates Bess for taking over her parents house and changing it and more importantly for taking her mothers place. Distraught at the thought of a woman replacing her mother, Jojo’s life is riddled with stress and the fact that she and her husband Hugh are unable to become pregnant makes life for Jojo even harder.

Meanwhile her best friend and cousin Cari has just given up on men, after being jilted at the alter, she throws her life into her career and being the best literary agent, she can be but when her key client is taken away. Cari decides to take a step from her career and when she meets handsome Conal, a man who distracts her from life and also makes her begin to live and find faith in love.

Finally Bess thought that she found love later on in life and was looking forward to settling down with Edward but his daughter, Jojo hates her and brings the worst out in Bess. As Bess tries to organise the best birthday ever for Edward, she finds all her plans falling apart and the perfect marriage she dreamed off spiralling out of control.

The story is warmhearted read and made for sweet and poignant reading tackling the issues of infertility and infidelity. I found myself sympathising with Jojo dealing with the pressures of life and babies, she was a relatable character.

An emotional and heartwarming story about family filled with wisdom, love and humour, ‘Secrets Of A Happy Marriage’ is a modern story of women’s lives and the issues and pressures that they face.

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