Niamh Greene Boeken

Niamh Greene's new novel Coco's Secret is a deeply moving reinvention story that will be enjoyed by fans of the modern day fairytales of Cecelia Ahern. Throw in Niamh's unique brand of heart-warming storytelling and readers are in for a real treat. Coco Swan has always been embarrassed by her name. With a name like Coco, she thinks people expect her to be as exotic and glamorous as the famous designer, not an ordinary-looking small-town antiques dealer who could win an award for living cautiously. But when a vintage Chanel handbag turns up in a box of worthless bric-a-brac, Coco's quiet world is turned upside down. Where did it come from? And is it just coincidence that it's the same bag Coco's late mother always wanted for her? When Coco discovers a mysterious, decades-old letter hidden in the bag's lining, she sets off on a quest to piece together the story behind it, stumbling across secrets that span three generations as she goes. Could the beautiful Chanel bag be about to teach Coco more than she wants to learn? Or will it show her just where her heart can take her if she lets it lead the way? Coco's Secret is a gripping and thoroughly satisfying story about a young women finally finding courage to become the kind of woman she always had it in her to be. It will go straight to readers' hearts just like her previous bestselling novels, including the bestselling and award-nominated Secret Diary of a Demented Housewife. Her other novels are Confessions of a Demented Housewife, Lessons from a Love Rat, Rules for a Perfect Life and A Message to Your Heart.

Frankie Rowley is far too practical to believe in karma or fate ...and her family and friends reckon that work-obsessed Frankie's strongest relationship is with her phone. When she loses that precious phone on a business trip to San Francisco, Frankie is forced to hire a replacement.

Before reading my private 'confessions'* please bear in mind the following: (1) My husband Joe and I are soul-mates. Nothing - including a smouldering lone father or Joe's teeny mid-life crisis - could ever come between us. (Hopefully he won't find out about smouldering Lone Father's sexed-up expos� of our secret 'affair' last year.) (2) Offspring Katie and Jack are well-adjusted and happy - even if Jack thinks he's a dog and Katie wants to be a Pussy Cat Doll. (3) VBF Louise makes new motherhood appear unnaturally glamorous. It simply isn't normal to fit back into size zero jeans so soon after giving birth - and I have the jelly belly to prove it. (4) I did not cynically engineer my close personal friendship with Celebrity Mom Angelica Law just to get invited to red carpet events. The whole newspaper-paparazzi-telly thing was NOT my fault - I can't help it if I've got star quality in bucket-loads, can I? *Note: The publisher 'borrowing' my diary and printing its contents does not amount to a confession. My arm had to be twisted very hard ...

Rules for a perfect life . . .Rule One: Do not ditch the man everyone says is perfect for you because he eats the last yellow jelly-baby in the bag.Rule Two: Do not move to a shack in the country to 'find yourself' and inadvertently become an object of ridicule for the locals.Rule Three: Do not fall for a man who has two children who hate you, a saintly dead wife you can never live up to and a mother who thinks you are the hired help.Maggie wants the perfect life - but if she keeps breaking the rules can she ever have it?

One housewife. One year. One hilarious insight into modern family life.

What do you do when the love of your life turns out to be a good-for-nothing love rat?a)Pour your heart out to him in private letters that he'll never see. (Secretly you think it's a big fat waste of time but your therapist says it's the prefect way to express your inner rage and who are you to argue with science?)b)Pretend it's not happening and carry on? (The pressure to act normally will almost kill you of course - but it would be much worse if anyone ever suspected that your life was less than perfect.)c)Create a blog and tell the whole world about your problems? (You need advice and, if he won't listen to you, there are plenty of people out there who will. What harm can it do? Especially if you keep your identity top-secret.)Three very different women have one thing in common - a good-for-nothing Casanova called Charlie. When he betrays them, they choose three very different ways to cope. But can they ever get over him? And will the love rat ever learn his lesson?

Das ereignisreiche Jahr einer Mutter, die alles dafür geben würde, endlich wieder mal ein Kleid ohne Sabberflecken anzuziehen Eigentlich war das Haushaltsbuch ja für Rezepte und Einkaufslisten gedacht. Aber Susie spuken viel wichtigere Dinge im Kopf herum, die sie sich von der Seele schreiben muss: Zum Beispiel, wie man es schafft, bei Verstand zu bleiben, mit einer vierjährigen Diva, die denkt sie wäre Judy Garland, einem risikofreudigen Kleinkind, und einem fordernden Ehemann, der einmal in der Woche eine selbstzubereitete Mahlzeit erwartet. Als wäre das nicht genug, ist da noch dieser attraktive alleinerziehende Vater in der Spielgruppe, der zweifellos ein Auge auf sie geworfen hat …

Brilantní a neuvěřitelně vtipná sonda do života moderní rodiny. Sympaticky ztřeštěná Susie, která má dvě děti, čtyřletou Katie a dvouletého Jacka, ve svém deníku popisuje zkušenosti a zážitky, které jsou důvěrně známé každé ženě, jež se rozhodne opustit slibně se rozvíjející kariéru a zůstane s dětmi doma „na plný úvazek“. Přesvědčuje se, že být doma s dětmi byla ta nejlepší volba a role ženy v domácnosti je skutečně vznešené poslání (nikoli nevděčná dřina), neustále si dává předsevzetí, že se konečně začně věnovat vznešených koníčkům a že bude číst kvalitní literaturu (nikoli pokleslé časopisy a bulvární plátky), snaží se nemyslet na to, že z jejího vztahu k manželovi (jehož podezírá z nevěry) se poněkud vytratila romantika, potýká se s tchyní i s vlastními rodiči (což je boj, který nelze nikdy úplně vyhrát), a především per­manentně bojuje s nejrůznějšími pokuše­ními… Výsledkem je „strhující bláznivý výlet do chaosu rodinného života (Irish Times)“ a bestseller, jehož se Velké Británii dosud prodalo přes sto padesát tisíc výtisků.

Schnäppchenjägerin meets Müttermafia! Obwohl Tochter Katie schon in die Schule geht und Sohn Jack in den Kindergarten, hat Susie Hunt stets alle Hände voll zu tun: Ihre beste Freundin hat Liebeskummer, ihr Schwager will Musicalstar werden, ihre Tochter möchte bei den Pussycatdolls mittanzen und ihr Mann will auf einmal sein ganzes Leben umkrempeln. Als dann auch noch Hollywood-Celebrity Angelica Law in die gleiche Straße zieht, wird es erst richtig aufregend. Doch die neue Freundschaft mit der glamourösen Angelica katapultiert Susie nicht nur in eine finanzielle Krise, sondern auch in einen ausgekochten Skandal.