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The Woman at 72 Derry Lane

By: Carmel Harrington
Narrated by: Aoife McMahon
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On a leafy suburban street in Dublin, beautiful, poised Stella Greene lives with her successful husband, Matt. The perfect couple in every way, Stella appears to have it all. Next door, at number 72 however, lives Rea Brady. Gruff, bad-tempered and rarely seen besides the twitching of her net curtains, rumour has it she’s lost it all…including her marbles if you believe the neighbourhood gossip.

But appearances can be deceiving and when Stella and Rea’s worlds collide they realise they have much in common. Both are trapped in a prison of their own making.

Has help been next door without them realising it?

With the warmth and wit of Maeve Binchy and the secrets and twists of Liane Moriarty, this is the utterly original and compelling new novel from Irish Times bestseller Carmel Harrington.

‘Both heart-wrenching and uplifting. The perfect summer read’ Irish Times Bestseller Fionnuala Kearney

©2017 Carmel Harrington (P)2017 HarperCollins Publishers
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Critic reviews

"A wonderfully, life-affirming book...Carmel Harrington writes with such honesty." ( New York Times best-selling author Hazel Gaynor)
"Will make you see life in a different way." ( Woman's Way)
"Heartwrenching and heartwarming." ( Evening Herald)
"Guaranteed to brighten your day." ( Novelicious)
"Carmel Harrington has done it again! Brilliantly written…it surpasses all expectations." ( Chicklit Club)

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Brilliant

Really great book about love and loss. Read with great charm and credibility. You wont regret listening

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Lovely book great characters

Loved the main character. A well written and very human story. Would highly recommend for the intricacies of the characters.

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Rather contrived

Too many themes in one book. Very big themes and non of them given the detail they deserved.
Ending far too predictable and twee.
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Loved this book, not my usual type at all. Narration was superb and characters were great

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Amazing

I loved this book. The story line was excellent, I cried, I laughed and didn’t want to put it down. The narrator was also brilliant and made it even better to listen too

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The woman at 72 Derry Lane

I really enjoyed this book. Made me cry, and laugh sometimes at the same time. Looking forward to reading more from this author only wish more was on audible great read.

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Brilliant.

I really wasn't expecting this book to tug at my emotions so much, but it did with Gusto. A brilliant book with wonderful characters.

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Irish books

Loved it from start to finish. The accents were fantastic and the story was funny, but heart-rending too, the sadness and then the happiness.
Fantastic xx

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OMG what a great book

I'm inly half way through this book but already shout ing as I listen the story of 2 women who for these own reasons have become trapped in their own lives and how they support each other

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Brilliant characters.

Brilliant performance, all the different characters were well differentiated. Good plot line that kept me guessing.

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