From the bestselling author of The Ballroom Cafe and The Judge's Wife comes a new story of friendship, resilience and compassion, and how women support each other through the most difficult times. Connie Carter has lost everyone and everything dear to her. Leaving her home in New York, she moves to a run-down Irish mansion, hoping to heal her shattered heart and in search of answers: how could her husband do the terrible things he did? And why did he plough all their money into the dilapidated Ludlow Hall before he died, without ever telling her? At first Connie tries to avoid the villagers, until she meets local women Eve and Hetty who introduce her to the Ludlow Ladies' Society, a crafts group in need of a permanent home. Connie soon discovers Eve is also struggling with pain and the loss of having her beloved Ludlow Hall repossessed by the bank and sold off. Now, seeing the American Connie living there, the hurt of losing everything is renewed. Can these women ever be friends? Can they ever understand or forgive? As the Ludlow Ladies create memory quilts to remember those they have loved and lost, the secrets of the past finally begin to surface. But can Connie, Eve and Hetty stitch their lives back together? Praise for Ann O'Loughlin:"The Ludlow Ladies' Society brought me to a beautiful place and into a circle of friends that I didn't want to leave. Unputdownable." KATE KERRIGAN "A moving tale of loss, love and redemption" BELLA MAGAZINE on The Ballroom Cafe "A richly woven tale of passion, conspiracy, hypocrisy and a chilling secret." SUNDAY INDEPENDENT on The Judge's Wife "An uplifting read, the kind of book you want to gobble up in one sitting." THE SUNDAY TIMES on The Judge's Wife

A story of friendship, resilience and compassion, and of how women hold each other up through the most difficult times. The latest novel from the bestselling author of The Judges Wife and The Ballroom Cafe, Ann O'Loughlin.

About the Author
A leading journalist in Ireland for nearly thirty years, Ann O'Loughlin has covered all major news events of the last three decades. Ann spent most of her career with independent newspapers where she was Security Correspondent at the height of The Troubles, and was a senior journalist on the Irish Independent and Evening Herald. She is currently a senior journalist with the Irish Examiner newspaper covering legal issues. Ann has also lived and worked in India. Originally from the west of Ireland she now lives on the east coast in Co. Wicklow with her husband and two children. Her debut novel The Ballroom Cafe was a bestseller, with over 250,000 copies sold in eBook. Her second novel The Judge's Wife was an Irish bestseller for 5 weeks. The Judge's Wife was shortlisted for a Romantic Novel Award in February 2017.

Reviews
The Ludlow Ladies: Society brought me to a beautiful place and into a circle of friends that I didn't want to leave. Unputdownable. * The Scottish Daily Mail *



Book Information
ISBN 9781785301278
Author Ann O'Loughlin
Format Paperback
Page Count 288
Imprint Black and White Publishing
Publisher Bonnier Books Ltd