Description: "Originally published in the United Kingdom in 2016 by Hachette Books Ireland"--Title page verso
Brief description:
Irish author Felicity Hayes-McCoy built a successful UK-based career as an actress and writer, working in theatre, music theatre, radio, TV, and digital media. She is the author of two memoirs, The House on an Irish Hillside and A Woven Silence: Memory, History & Remembrance, in addition to an illustrated book Enough Is Plenty: The Year on the Dingle Peninsula. She and her husband divide their time between London and Ireland.
Review Quotes:
"Hayes-McCoy offers readers many reasons to keep turning the pages. Build a fire and snuggle up to this novel about finding yourself wherever you are. It'll warm up your winter day." - Richmond Times-Dispatch
"A charming and heartwarming story." - Jenny Colgan, New York Times bestselling author of The Cafe by the Sea
"An appealing novel that will delight Maeve Binchy fans. There are plenty of good discussion points about the nature of community for book clubs and thoughtful readers." - Library Journal
"Much like a cup of tea and a cozy afghan, The Library at The Edge of the World is the perfect book to hunker down with. Prepare to be transported." - Library Reads
"The spot-on descriptions of Ireland's country roads and expansive sky all but leap off the page and provide the true joy of Hayes-McCoy's first novel.... Maeve Binchy and Patrick Taylor fans will find much to enjoy." - Booklist
"This is a gentle novel, the literary equivalent of warm slippers and a cup of tea by the fire." - New York Journal of Books
"The Library at the Edge of the World. . . takes its readers to a beautiful part of the world at a bad time in a middle-aged woman's life. . . . It's a story of marvelous possibilities and about finding one's strength." - Kate Ayers, Bookreporter
"Engaging...sparkling and joyous." - Sunday Times (London)
"If you like reading a feel-good novel...then take a journey to the edge of the world" - Sunday Independent (Ireland)
"'Heart-warming...reminiscent of Maeve Binchy and Roisin Meaney" - Irish Examiner
"The Library at The Edge of the World is a delicious feast of a novel. Sink in and feel enveloped by the beautiful world of Felicity Hayes-McCoy." - Cathy Kelly, bestselling author of Between Sisters and Secrets of a Happy Marriage
"A feel-good novel for fans of Maeve Binchy." - London Sunday Times