Set between bustling London and a sleepy village in Ireland's Wicklow mountains, The Keepsake Quilters tells the stories of three generations of women and the patchwork of fabrics that reconciles their unspoken family past with their dysfunctional present, and the possibility of a joyful future
'A page-turner ... I adored it' Joanna Lumley
'An absolute joy to read!' Carmel Harrington
'A heart-warming tale of love, loss and hope' Roisin Meaney 'A fascinating generational saga ... beautifully written' Patricia Scanlan
One family. Three generations. And the threads that bind them together ...
Ambitious TV producer Penny has always been a planner. She knows exactly what her future looks like - until an
unexpected pregnancy forces her to rethink everything, especially her relationship with the baby's father.
Penny's mum Val raised her alone and always taught her daughter to be independent. So why is Penny pushing Val away now, when she needs her more than ever?
To help heal this rift, Marguerite, Val's recently widowed mother, joins Val in sewing together a keepsake quilt for the baby. But as the quilt takes shape, memories surface, and all three women begin to discover more about each other than they ever could have imagined. As the arrival of their new family member approaches, will they finally realise that maybe they've been looking for happiness in all the wrong places?
'Warm, funny and full of heart' Claudia Carroll
'A beautifully crafted story, I loved it' Mary Kennedy
Praise for Felicity Hayes-McCoy - **
Engaging ... sparkling and joyous - Sunday Times
Warm-hearted ... reminiscent of Maeve Binchy and Roisin Meaney - Irish Examiner on Summer at the Garden Cafe
A sparkling, life-affirming novel -- sunshine on the page - Cathy Kelly on The Month of Borrowed Dreams
Felicity Hayes-McCoy was born in Dublin, Ireland. She read English and Irish language and literature at UCD before moving to England in the 1970s to train at The Drama Studio, London. Her work as a writer includes television and radio drama, features, documentaries, dramatisations and adaptations; screenplays; music theatre; children's books, and interactive multimedia products.
She and her husband, opera director Wilfred Judd, live in Corca Dhuibhne and in Bermondsey, London. She blogs about life in both places on her website www.felicityhayesmccoy.co.uk