Helpful Score: 4
Excellent story about love and deception and lies. Think Binchy but without all the unnecessary stuff she ads. This book was short sweet and to the point. I could not put it down today.
Helpful Score: 2
I listened to the unabridged version; 8 CDs; 10 hours. The Narrator was Caroline Winterson, who did a great job with the whole thing.
Charming. Delightful. I guess someone might say that it is chick-lit. It has many happy endings. It made me happy and renewed my faith in things really working out in the end. I felt that I was experiencing a 'slice-of-life' in Belfast Ireland.
The whole story revolves around the Tea House which is located on Mulberry Street. There is the story of the owner of the Tea House and the stories of many of the regulars that often come there. I totally enjoyed the character of Brenda Brown, the struggling artist, who writes love letters (on red paper with gold ink) to her heartthrob Nicolas Cage. She is spunky, eccentric and so full of dreams and life. Now I want to hear all the rest of Sharon Owens books.
Charming. Delightful. I guess someone might say that it is chick-lit. It has many happy endings. It made me happy and renewed my faith in things really working out in the end. I felt that I was experiencing a 'slice-of-life' in Belfast Ireland.
The whole story revolves around the Tea House which is located on Mulberry Street. There is the story of the owner of the Tea House and the stories of many of the regulars that often come there. I totally enjoyed the character of Brenda Brown, the struggling artist, who writes love letters (on red paper with gold ink) to her heartthrob Nicolas Cage. She is spunky, eccentric and so full of dreams and life. Now I want to hear all the rest of Sharon Owens books.
Helpful Score: 2
This book is set in Belfast Ireland. After I read the last page, I was torn about how I felt about this book. I think another person put it correctly about this being Flawed Characters. That puts the story more into prospective and helps me come to terms with the characters choices. I was so disappointed that so many characters were not in a happy marriage, and how easily they discarded their mates. Not is a cruel, or even dramatic way, overall, almost without emotion, time to change the lightbulb, or get a new pair of shoes, or this color really doesnt suit me.
I still liked the book, and would recommend that it gets read but it was not so deep and profound, and all their lives kinda wrapped up real quickly at the end. At least everyone found happiness, which makes for a nice ending.
I still liked the book, and would recommend that it gets read but it was not so deep and profound, and all their lives kinda wrapped up real quickly at the end. At least everyone found happiness, which makes for a nice ending.
Helpful Score: 2
Behind the cherry cheesecakes & chocolate cappuccinos are the stirrings of a change that will redifine lives, heal troubled hearts & rock the very foundation of the humble tea house.A vibrant debut of tenderness, imagination & delicious pastries. Very pleasant read!
Helpful Score: 2
A lovely story of delightful characters, woven elegantly into a patchwork of connecting lives. An easy read, and easy to find yourself in this book!
Helpful Score: 2
I love how Sharon Owens creates characters whose lives intersect in almost the most trivial ways, but each of them have incredibly compelling individual stories. I really enjoyed "The Tea House on Mulberry Street" as it delves deeply into some deeply flawed characters' lives and we see the author wrap each mini story up nicely with a bow.
Helpful Score: 1
At first I did not think I would like this one, but it was really great! I enjoyed the Irish reader and felt like I knew the characters.
Helpful Score: 1
I really enjoyed this book. I picked it up at a discount table in a discount store, then it laid on my nightstand for a few months before I finally read it. Once I started it I had hard time putting it down. The characters are very charming and the author makes you feel like you know each one of them. She does a wonderful job of intertwining all of their lives, in a very easy manner, not cumbersome at all. Easy to read, delightful, and very enjoyable book.
loved everything about this delightful book.
Just loved this book. The characters and the scenarios were so well written and enjoyable. Hope I can find something else by Sharon Owens that's for sure.
A delightful story set in Ireland. Full of every day people and their lives, loves and jobs. The story moves along easily centered at Muldoon's Tea Room. It even has a cherry cheesecake recipe!!!
A pleasant read! There is a Tea house where the owners are a younger couple who are having marriage problems. This tells the story of the owners, a number of its patrons and what they are going through in their lives and how a simple place like this tea house can impact others. It is about marriage, fears, lies, secrets, desires and life itself. I highly recommend it!
Good read, well developed characters with surprises.
A fun read about relationships, and the unexpected changes in life.
i loved this heartwarming book!
Wonderfully cozy read! Once I started, I didn't want to put it down. If you like Maeve Binchy, you'll like Sharon Owens.
Nice little book about what can happen to regulars in a tea room (bakery to us).
Muldoon's Tea Rooms,beloved for its cozy atmosphere and luscious desserts,has started looking a bit outdated-ans the same could be said about the proprietors. Penny and David Stanley.After seventeen years,their marriage has started to fade and wear a little thin,even as their old shop bustles with energyof the customers who seek refuge from their particular dilemmas. Perpetually dieting housewife Sadie Smith comes in to escape her husband's stick thin mistress. Struggling artist Brenda Brown sits and pens love letters to actor Nicolas Cage. Clare Fitzgerald returns after twenty years abroad to search for a long lost soul mate.
Behind the cherry cheesecakes and chocolate cappuccinos are the stirrings of a change that will redefine lives,heal troubled hearts and rock the very foundation of the humble tea house-and through it all Penny and Daniel manage to discover what truly matters in life and in love
Behind the cherry cheesecakes and chocolate cappuccinos are the stirrings of a change that will redefine lives,heal troubled hearts and rock the very foundation of the humble tea house-and through it all Penny and Daniel manage to discover what truly matters in life and in love
A lovely story in the style of Maeve Binchy. I'm looking forward to reading more from this author. Her characterizations are so adept, I felt like I knew all the people in the story personally.
I loved this book--such a comfy read. I loved the cafe setting and the couple that owes the cafe. The regulares that come each day make for a small hometown feeling that is just what i wanted when i picked this book up. There really is a lot going on here in this tea house with the discription of the yummy smelling soups and breads {even a few recipes} to the special seating that each regular has, makes me want to go to the Tea House on Mulberry Street. Loved the book.
A friend gave me this book (I do not normally read fiction) she said it had a good plot and an easy read.
If you like Maeve Binchy, you'll like this book. VERY enjoyable read!
Maeve Binchy in style. A look at the lives and loves of those who frequent the tea shop.
Great story.
This is a good read. For me it had to many characters. They all love the tea house for different reason.
I ordered this book on a whim and was pleasantly suprised, very good. Light but interesting.
I was a little slow to get into this book, but loved it by the end. Had me laughing out loud several times! A very feel good read with happy endings for the characters. Will be ordering more by this author.
Very charming book! Looking forward to the next in the series.
This was such a wonderful book; I found it hard to put down!!!
Wonderful story! This book is an uncorrected manuscript for limited distribution and not to be sold. It is a regular paperback book and in new condition. It looks like any book you would buy off the shelf.
It was an okay book.
Muldoon's Tea Rooms, beloved for the cozy atmosphere and luscious desserts, has started looking a bit outdated--and the same could be said about the proprietors, Penny and Daniel Stanley. After 17 years, their marriage has started to fade and wear a little thin, even as their old shop bustles with the energy of the customers who seek refuge from their particular dilemmas: Housewife Sadie Smith comes to escape her diet and her husband's stick-thin mistress. Struggling artist Brenda Brown sits and pens love letters to the actor Nicolas Cage. And Clare Fitzgerald returns after 20 years abroad to search for a long-lost someone.
Behind the cherry cheesecakes, vanilla ice creams, and chocolate cappuccinos are the stirrings of a revolution that will redefine lives, heal troubled hearts, and rock the very foundation of the humble tea house. And through it all, Penny and Daniel manage to discover what truly matters in life and in love.
Rich with wit, bursting with charm, this is a vibrant debut novel, full of tenderness, imagination--and delicious pastries.
Behind the cherry cheesecakes, vanilla ice creams, and chocolate cappuccinos are the stirrings of a revolution that will redefine lives, heal troubled hearts, and rock the very foundation of the humble tea house. And through it all, Penny and Daniel manage to discover what truly matters in life and in love.
Rich with wit, bursting with charm, this is a vibrant debut novel, full of tenderness, imagination--and delicious pastries.
