Summer at the Garden Cafe A Novel

The second in Felicity Hayes-McCoy's Finfarran Peninsula series, and sequel to The Library at the Edge of the World, this is a heartwarming story about secrets between four generations of Irish women, and the healing powers of books, love, and friendship. The Garden Café, next to Lissbeg library, is a place where plans are formed and secrets shared. But twenty-one-year-old Jazz—daughter of the town's librarian Hanna Casey—has a secret she can't share. Still recovering from a car accident and reeling from her father's disclosures about his long-time affair, she's taken a job at The Old Forge guesthouse and begun to develop feelings for a man who's strictly off-limits. Meanwhile, Hanna is unaware of the turmoil in Jazz's life until her manipulative ex-husband, Malcom, reappears trying to mend his relationship with their daughter. Watching Jazz unravel, Hanna begins to wonder if secrets Malcom forced her to keep may have harmed their beloved daughter more than she'd realized. The Casey women are no strangers to secrets, a fact Hanna realizes when she discovers a journal, long buried in land she inherited from her great-aunt Maggie. Ultimately, it takes the painful lessons of the past and the shared experiences of four generations of women to find a way forward for Hanna and her family.

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