The Cafe by the Sea: A Women's Fiction Novel

by Jenny Colgan

Years ago Flora fled the quiet Scottish island where she grew up - and she hasn't looked back. What would she have done on Mure? It's a place where everyone has known her all her life, where no one will let her forget the past. In bright, bustling London, she can be anonymous, ambitious...and hopelessly in love with her boss. But when fate brings Flora back to the island, she's suddenly swept once more into life with her brothers - all strapping, loud, and seemingly incapable of basic housework - and her father. Yet even amid the chaos of their reunion, Flora discovers a passion for cooking - and finds herself restoring a dusty little pink-fronted shop on the harbour: a cafe by the sea.

• ISBN10: 0062662988
• ISBN13: 9780062662989
• Publish Date: 27 June 2017
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: US
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
• Imprint: Collins
• Format: eBook
• Pages: 416
• Language: English

Reviews

[Joséphine]

Actual rating: 4.5 stars

I didn't end up liking this book as much on my re-read as when I first read it. Back then I fell head over heels in love with the characters. I still liked them but I suppose the plot wasn't one I necessarily needed to revisit in this stage of my own life. That being said, I loved the narration of the audiobook because of the Scottish accent, which added to the feeling of being transported to the Isle of Mure. Perhaps I should listen to the sequels too instead of picking up the ebooks...

[bookperson]

Audiobook read in scottish accent! What a treat!
Story itself is also really good, poetical and with beautiful nature.
Romance isn't central part of a story imo, felt more like a family saga to me.