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Ivy Lane: Part 1
Ivy Lane: Part 1
Oct 4, 2024 11:21 PM

Author:Cathy Bramley

Ivy Lane: Part 1

Friendship blossoms at Ivy Lane...

Tilly Parker needs a fresh start, fresh air and a fresh attitude if she is ever to leave the past behind and move on with her life. As she settles in to a new town seeking peace and solitude, taking on her own plot at Ivy Lane allotments seems like the perfect solution. But the vibrant, friendly Ivy Lane community has other ideas and endeavour to entice Tilly into seedling swaps and Easter egg hunts. Can Tilly let new friends into her life, or will she stay a wallflower for good?

Ivy Lane is a serialized novel told in four parts – taking you through a year in the life of Tilly Parker – beginning with Spring.

Each part of Ivy Lane is approx. 10 chapters.

Praise for Cathy Bramley:

'A witty, laugh-out-loud romantic comedy with a protagonist you'll love and I highly recommend it!' Miranda Dickinson

'The Ivy Lane series is such a clever little idea... It took me an hour or so to read and it was delightful! I very much look forward to the three other Ivy Lane novellas. I loved Tilly and I can’t wait to read more from her!' Chick Lit Reviews & News

'Full of LOL moments with tenderness that can leave your eyes filled with tears' Room for Reading

'Cute, charming and very, very funny... similar in feel to the books by Lindsey Kelk and Abby Clements' Page to Stage Reviews

Reviews

Beautifully drawn characters, with love and humour across four seasons. I fell in love with this book

—— Rachael Lucas, author of Sealed with a Kiss

A perfect cup of sunshine on a cold and dreary day . . . a beautiful way to escape from the world

—— Josephine Moon, author of The Tea Chest

A fantastic read filled with laugh-out-loud funny moments. A lovely, heart-warming story – highly recommended

—— Compelling Reads

Like a warm rug to wrap around yourself in winter and picnic on in the summer. It has a delicious warmth, optimism and sheer lust for life

—— Sue Watson, author of Love, Lies and Lemon Cake

Filled with friendship, humour and genuinely loveable characters of all ages, shapes and sizes

—— One More Page

Wonderfully witty . . . I easily fell in love with Tillyand her world. I couldn’t put it down

—— Jenny Hale, author of Love Me for Me

Satisfying, dreamy and delicious – leaves you wanting just a little bit more . . . Roll on July for part two!

—— Crooks on Books

Such a charming, feel-good story

—— Carole’s Books

Bridget is a bit older, no wiser and still funny.

—— Katy Guest , Independent on Sunday

[Bridget’s] appeal is in her ability to pull the happy ending we’d all love from the chaos and self-doubt of everyday life.

—— Caroline Jowett , Daily Express

The third instalment, like Bridget herself is a lot more grown up, has some valuable lessons about life, loss and love - but is still great fun. VV Good.

—— Best

Bridget is still lovable and seeing a more mature version of the heroine coping with motherhood and bereavement is really quite moving.

—— Deirdre O'Brien , Sunday Mirror

I read the book. I loved it. I loved her. She's smart, she's funny and she makes us all feel like we're good just the way we are.

—— Jenna Bush Hager , NBC Today Show

Bridget’s bittersweet days with Mabel and Billy focus an unaffected – and unexpected – tenderness … A new chapter in the fairy tale can begin.

—— Boyd Tonkin , Independent

Sweet, clever and funny.

—— Helen Rogan , People

She’s our Bridget in other words, all over again – but just a couple of decades removed.

—— Nadine O’Regan , Sunday Business Post

Fielding is a smashing writer and in many ways Bridget Jones is an engaging creation.

—— Susan Flockhart , Glasgow Sunday Herald

Now past 50, a widow after Darcy’s death, [Bridget] blunders through the quest for mid-life loves and childcare nightmares with the all comic missteps and pratfalls fans adore.

—— i

Laugh out loud funny… an inviting comfort blanket of a book for those many readers who loved Bridget before, who have grown up with her, and who are intrigued to find out what became of her.

—— Isabel Berwick , Financial Times

In this third installment of the diaries, our hapless heroine continues to agonise over the tribulations of modern life large and small, from single parenthood and dating in the age of social media to the perils of the skinny jean.

—— Justine Jordan , Guardian

Fielding’s comedic talent remains undimmed.

—— Nicola Shulman , Mail on Sunday

There is poignancy as well as humour.

—— Eleanor Mills , Sunday Times

We are back to the old Bridget Jones in all her life-affirming glory.

—— Caroline Jowett , Daily Express

Feels like visiting with your funniest friend

—— Jessica Shaw , Entertainment Weekly

I read the book. I loved it. I loved her. She’s smart, she’s funny and she makes us all feel like we’re good just the way we are.

—— Jenna Bush Hager , Today

Fresh, frantic and very funny.

—— Fanny Blake , Woman & Home

Long-awaited.

—— Reader's Digest

Bridget is back! ... The third book in the series does not disappoint, taking the reader on a whirlwind tour of Bridget's life as a 50-something, and all the highs, lows, tears and laughter that you'd expect.

—— The Bristol Magazine

What remains unchanged – and addictive – is its diary format.

—— The Lady

Life may have changed dramatically for Bridget, but you can still prepare to laugh and cry at Helen Fielding’s latest novel.

—— No 1 Magazine

Fans of the original books have not been, and will not be, disappointed.

—— Chris White, fiction buyer for Waterstones , UK Press Syndication

Tender, touching and often hilarious – a welcome return.

—— Sara Lawrence , Daily Mail

Bridget is as hopeless, loveable and funny as ever.

—— Stylist

An uproariously funny novel of modern life, Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy is the triumphant return of our favourite Everywoman.

—— UK Press Syndication

Laugh-out-loud funny, as well as punctuated by moments of genuine sadness, which are proportionately balanced throughout the story.

—— Louise Denyer , Suffolk Magazine

Timely, tender, touching, witty, wise and bloody hilarious

—— UK Press Syndication

Hilariously written

—— Emma Lawton , University of Nottingham Impact

This book is an innocent pleasure, and made me laugh a lot

—— Naomi James , Church Times
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