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Hello Love

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ISBN: 9781910742990
AuthorCullen, Carmen
Pub Date14/11/2017
BindingTrade PB
Pages224
CountryIRL
DeweyFIC
Quick overview The author expertly explores the dilemma of a woman who lost out in love in her young life and is now asked to let the certainty of her marriage go and risk having her heart broken again. Magic and colour abound for Jacqueline Clancy in the small town of Tooradulla, until her mother Imelda suddenly dies. Neither she nor her siblings are told the truth, ad she retreats into a fantasy life. Soon it appears that her small town is about to expel her. With the help of her invisible friends Lou and Betty, Jacqueline attempts to get rid of the usurper, her Aunt Mina. In Part Two, a much older Jacqueline has been betrayed by her husband Vaughan, who has left her for the younger Nuala. It is the classic tale of a woman who wants to put her children first: she has a family of three, but has to fight off loneliness and the need for love in her life. The author expertly explores the dilemma of a woman who lost out in love in her young life and is now asked to let the certainty of her marriage go and risk having her heart broken again.
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Four-year old Jacqueline Clancy leads a carefree existence in the friendly town of Toorandulla until one day her mother disappears. Filled with unanswered questions, Jacqueline must adjust to life with her formidable Auntie Mina and the possibility of a new step-mother, all while continuing a desperate search to retrieve her lost mother. Almost forty years later, Jacqueline's husband has left her for a younger woman. Despite the number of men who come knocking at her door, Jacqueline resolves to stay faithful to her estranged husband. However, when Auntie Mina returns, Jacqueline must decide whether she will allow her inability to say goodbye to an old love to rule her life.

Complex and emotionally driven, Hello Love seamlessly weaves together the voice and viewpoint of a young child with that of a woman well into adulthood. Bursting with vivid descriptions and detailed dialogue, Carmen Cullen's second novel centres around the thought-provoking question: can a person trust in love, when it has been taken away from her before?

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Four-year old Jacqueline Clancy leads a carefree existence in the friendly town of Toorandulla until one day her mother disappears. Filled with unanswered questions, Jacqueline must adjust to life with her formidable Auntie Mina and the possibility of a new step-mother, all while continuing a desperate search to retrieve her lost mother. Almost forty years later, Jacqueline's husband has left her for a younger woman. Despite the number of men who come knocking at her door, Jacqueline resolves to stay faithful to her estranged husband. However, when Auntie Mina returns, Jacqueline must decide whether she will allow her inability to say goodbye to an old love to rule her life.

Complex and emotionally driven, Hello Love seamlessly weaves together the voice and viewpoint of a young child with that of a woman well into adulthood. Bursting with vivid descriptions and detailed dialogue, Carmen Cullen's second novel centres around the thought-provoking question: can a person trust in love, when it has been taken away from her before?