The Library at the Edge of the World by Felicity Hayes-McCoy

It was preceded in 2020 by Finfarran #6, The Heart of Summer, of which Ireland's Sunday Business Post reviewer wrote 'This works perfectly well as a standalone novel. The US & Canadian edition of Summer at The Garden Café was published in 2018, The Mistletoe Matchmaker followed in 2019, The Transatlantic Book Club in 2020, The Month of Borrowed Dreams in 2021, and The Heart of Summer in 2022.įinfarran #7, The Year of Lost and Found, was published by Hachette Irl in May 2021, and praised as 'the perfect, page-turning escape' and 'the best book of the year so far for me' by best-selling Irish authors Sinéad Moriarty and Claudia Carroll. The best-selling author Marian Keyes said she was 'utterly charmed' by Finfarran #5, The Transatlantic Book Club, which was published in 2019.Ī US & Canadian edition of The Library at the Edge of The World, published by Harper Perennial in Nov 2017, was chosen as a LibraryReads Pick.

Summer at The Garden Café, the second in the Finfarran series, came out in the UK & Irl May 2017, The Mistletoe Matchmaker, a warm, empowering Christmas story, in October 2017, and The Month of Borrowed Dreams, in June 2018: The Irish Independent's review called it 'a heartwarming novel which will leave you longing to read the earlier ones'. An easy, pleasant summer read for fans of Maeve Binchy'. an absolute joy' Claudia Carroll and Patricia Scanlan wrote of it as 'warm, funny and full of heart' and 'a fascinating, beautifully-written generational saga' and television presenters Barbara Scully and Mary Kennedy have described it as 'a gorgeous novel' and 'a beautifully-crafted story.'įinfarran #1, The Library at the Edge of The World, was published in June 2016: The Sunday Times called it 'engaging, sparkling and joyous' and The Sunday Independent wrote 'If you like reading a feelgood novel, take a journey to the edge of the world.

Best-selling Irish authors Roisin Meaney and Carmel Harringon called it 'the perfect festive read' and 'warm and wise. Marian Keyes calls her writing 'a pitch-perfect delight', Cathy Kelly, bestselling author of 'Between Sisters' and 'Secrets of a Happy Marriage', has described the Finfarran books as 'a delicious feast', and 'sunshine on the page', while Jenny Colgan, bestselling author of 'The Cafe by the Sea', calls them 'charming and heartwarming'.įelicity's latest book, a standalone novel, The Keepsake Quilters (Hachette Irl), was published in October 2022 to critical acclaim.

USA Today bestselling Irish writer Felicity Hayes-McCoy is the author of the 'Finfarran' novels, set in a fictional county on Ireland's West Coast.

The Library at the Edge of the World by Felicity Hayes-McCoy