What a wonderful book with some emotional twists that I wasn’t expecting. Told from the perspective Bea and also her mum back in the 90s. A lovely lighthearted read full of different emotions. I will certainly be looking out for more by this author

Just finished listening to this book great narrator with a fabulous story line.Loved all the Irish mentions from landmarks,food etc.The sickness dealt with in book was hard to read as I have a 41 year old sister with same, it it written so beautifully.

This was an enjoyable audiobook for me. It is a heartwarming family story about two sisters called Bea and Lucy, who move from Ireland to New York and they find joy as well as sadness there. The book changes between two different timelines and this makes the book quite interesting. There is a lot of family drama in the book, as well as friendship and romance. I loved the way the story shocked me near the end, when I found out who was related to who. The ending was sad for me and emotional, but it was also perfect. I really enjoyed this book and I am grateful for the opportunity to listen to it. The narrators did a very good job with the accents and in conveying the different emotions.

Many thanks to the author, publisher and Net Galley for a copy of this audiobook in exchange for an honest review.

The Moon over Kilmore Quay is the first book by Carmel Harrington I've read or listened to and I found it to be an enjoyable, insightful and warm listen. The narrators- Kate Handford and Michele Moran did a fantastic job and really brought the characters and the places to life for me. I adore multiple timeline family sagas and so found the dual narratives of Lucy who leaves Ireland for New York in the 1990s and Bea, a New Yorker who many years later embarks on solving the mystery of her past, engrossing. Harrington has written two likeable and believable characters and this is an audiobook I would highly recommend.
Many thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for a digital ARC.

Oh my word I absolutely loved this book . It is an emotional read that had me hooked from the very beginning . I loved everything about this book and I can’t recommend it highly enough. The audible version was excellent with fantastic narrators.

"Brooklyn, New York,
Bea has grown up in the heart of the Irish community, always hearing stories of home. When she discovers a letter from her younger self, written years before, it sends her deep into her own family history.

Kilmore Quay, Ireland.
Years earlier, Lucy Mernagh leaves her much-loved home and family in search of the New York dream. The Big Apple is a world away from the quiet village she grew up in, and the longing for home aches within her.

When Bea uncovers a shocking secret, it takes her back across the water to Kilmore Quay, where – finally – long-buried truths will come to light. But fate has one last twist in store…"

Written as a dual timeline, we learn the story of Lucy immigration from Ireland with her sister and how she met and married Bea's father. In present day, we follow Bea's journey from New York to Ireland and how she discovers her roots and finds herself. It is also a story of love and loss, life and death ... and how we live our live-in between. A well-written story with great narration. I look forward to reading another book by this author.

Oh my! Warning now... the ending was a surprise twist and had me listening with tears pouring down whilst I prepared tea. The story starts slow and gentle and then you wonder at perhaps a supernatural, magic element which is hinted at. The characters develop well and you will fall in love with Bea and her friends too as time goes on. There are a couple of twists a long the way, some guessable with the hints carefully laid for you but nothing prepared me for the final few chapters.
A wonderful story, well researched and written, including a right up to date addition. Recommended.
Oh and I loved having it read to me with the American/Irish lilts. Thanks for a wonderful few hours.

I have loved a previous Harrington book "My Pear Shaped Life' and was excited to get access to her latest offering!
This was a totally different style- a dual timeline with 2 different POVs, set in 2 different locations- Ireland and New York.
I listened to the audiobook for this title and admittedly struggled to get into it at the start. The narrators had contrasting accents, but I still needed time to adapt to them and know which perspective was which, as it seemed to me the pitch of each voice was similar.
The story had fantasy elements, which both surprised and appealed to me, but I felt the plot was not as gripping as I had perhaps hoped for.
It was however a lovely story and an original idea that I enjoyed to the end.

This is such a great book, a beautiful heartwarming story, and the narrators did a super job! I guess I would have tear up at certain parts even by reading it, but listening to ithe narrators broken voices made it definitely more intense.
At the beginning I didn't get the sense of the magic letter, as this is a beautiful story and I thought it didn't need this "supernatural" touch, as it could work just as well without it. Oh, but then I got the sense, and it was really magical!
It will stay with me for quite some time.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for providing me with an audiobook in exchange for an honest review.

Narrator 5 stars
Both narrators did a fantastic job bringing this story to life. Such soothing voices

Story 4 stars
At first I didn't get the point of the letters and thought this story was so beautiful and engaging that the letters were pointless.... Then I got to the end and cried!
Absolutely beautiful!

I’d like to thank Harper Collins UK and NetGalley for approving me for an ARC of this book. I have never read anything by Carmel Harrington before but I’m always on the lookout for new authors.

Kate Handford and Michele Moran, did a brilliant job narrating this story. I could feel the emotion behind their voices and as a listener I felt they drew me into the story even more.

The story flicks between Bea’s story in the present day and Lucy’s story in the early 1990’s. I loved the back and forth between the timeline, learning little nuggets of information as I went. It made me more inclined to keep going as I wanted to know all the answers to many questions.

Initially I was a little sceptical about Bea’s story. I loved the time capsule letter and have often wondered what my younger self would say to me today. When weird things started to happen with it I was very confused and wondered what story was about to unfold? I loved her occupation and given her background it suited her completely. It was great to learn a little about how she found missing people and the story that took her back to her roots was excellent. Her amigo’s were brilliant characters, especially Katrina. She was a firecracker that anyone would want fighting their corner.

As I got to know Lucy I loved her more and more. She was a brilliant character filled with so much kindness, optimism and hope. Her story was the easier of the two to figure out but I still enjoyed the journey. She was dealt a rough hand which she took in her stride and came out the better person for it. I loved the little similarities between both women’s stories and how everything was tied up at the end.

Whilst I had figured out a few of the reveals the ending really took me by surprise. Don’t worry I’m not going to spoil it but you will need the tissues. This may have been my first Carmel Harrington but I doubt it will be my last. Filled with friendship, love, hope and family, it will warm your hearts and leave you speechless.

I really enjoyed this book. Another great read from one of my favourite Irish contemporary authors. This is my fourth or fifth book by Carmel Harrington and it was as enjoyable as all the others I have read. Carmel is a great storyteller and this is a wonderful story about a family broken by immigration and emigration.

This book has a dual storyline and it involves Bea and her life in Brooklyn New York in the modern time and Lucy and her life in New York in the 1980s and also in the modern time in County Wexford. Bea is a young woman experiencing some strange occurrences and is navigating her life trying to figure out more about her Irish background.

Lucy is also trying to navigate her life in New York as a young immigrant from a small town Kilmore quay in County Wexford Ireland. In the 1980s she moves to New York on a Morrison Visa with her sister Maeve. They encounter men and fun and I loved experiencing that with them. A tragic event occurs that brings them home to Ireland and in that their lives change.

I won’t go any further because I think I may spoil the plot but the accuracy with which Carmel Harrington describes the inner conflict between a person wanting to stay at home and emigrate will be very familiar to a lot of Irish people.

I thought all the stories wound up very very well. I think I would have enjoyed this even more had I read it and not listened to it as an audiobook. One narrator was flawless, the other made many errors in her pronunciation of Irish place names and even the authors name. These errors pulled me out of the story a little bit. I understand the Irish accent is hard to pull off but there are plenty of Irish voice actors out there. I would recommend this book to everyone.

You know a book is going to be a favourite of the year when you're chilling out listening to the audiobook and suddenly sit up and gasp at something that has just happened. This book has some of my favourite features of a novel, multiple timelines, multiple narratives and revelations you never saw coming!



One of the other things I truly and deeply loved about this book was that it deals with the immigrant experience. I know a lot of books deal with people who have been through the immigration experience and have a language barrier or a cultural barrier but it can be just as tough and experience when you move from one English speaking Western country to another. There are still cultural hurdles to tackle and still immigration worries to face and so I was so pleased to find those written about in such an in depth and sensitive way as they were as part of this story.



I really loved reading both Bea and Lucy's stories. I loved that we got to switch between the two of them and yet we always got to keep in tough with the location and family that unites them. I was pleasantly surprised that we don't just get to hear about Bea in present day Brooklyn but also past Bea whether that was one year ago or many years ago. I felt like we got to know a lot more about Bea as a fully formed character than we did Lucy but that was for some VERY good reasons. We get to meet Lucy when she first boards the ship to Ellis Island and the experience of being a young Irish Girl in The Big Apple for the first time. I felt like I could really sympathise with Lucy and I loved getting to know her story as the novel progressed.



Although there are a lot of adventures to be had in this book there is some sadness and tragedy too and so this book overall could definitely be described as a bitter sweet novel but as a first time reader of this author I was just so impressed by the depths that this story goes into whilst still keeping up the pace of the breadth of the novel. I really loved this book and I highly highly recommend it.

This works great as an audiobook.
It’s a beautifully told story that will have you completely invested

Set over two generations and two countries this book tells the story of a family secret and the journey to finding the truth. Fictional but could be a real life scenario, maybe 100 years ago the truth could never be found out but in these modern times with social media everything is traceable eventually. Lovely story which slowly unfolds layers from both generational plots to come together at the end. Set in New York and Ireland it follows the fate of two sisters who emigrated to America from Ireland in search of their dreams. Narration was just right, not too American! Thank you #NetGalley for the audiobook to review.

Bea is recently separated from her boyfriend Dan when she receives a letter written by herself when she was a child. Her teacher at the time had got the class to write to their future self and promised to post it in the Year 2020
Bea’s mum (who emigrated to America as a teenager ) died when Bea was a young girl. All she has is her photos, a few of her things and her dads stories about how they met
When the letter from her younger self arrives strange things also seem to start to happen which Bea can not explain.
Bea starts to reconnect with friends she has lost touch with as she tries to work out what is happening to her.
Told from Bea and the present day and a young Lucy as she prepares to emigrate to a new country with her sister. Maeve
I absolutely loved this book, the characters and the way the story evolved
Would highly recommend
Many Thanks to Netgalley for the opportunity to listen to this audio book.
I felt the narrative was perfect for the characters
Carmel is a new to me author but I am keen to find more from her

Haven't read any Carmel Harrington books before so was interested to try this as I love this genre. Started slow found the back and forth in time a bit difficult to follow in audio but once I got the characters the story took off. With a few twists some expected more unexpected - with a final twist just as I thought it was wrapping up ! Will definitely try other books by this author