{"product_id":"2026100012129-secondhand-the-island-retreat-signed","title":"The Island Retreat (SIGNED)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Very good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: No dust jacket\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003cbr\u003eMarkings: Signed\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSix guests. One week. A lifetime of secrets waiting to be uncovered. Cathy Kelly's The Island Retreat sweeps readers away to a sun-drenched Mediterranean haven where six strangers arrive carrying the invisible weight of their private lives — fractured relationships, buried regrets, and long-suppressed truths — only to find that paradise has a way of stripping everything bare. This warm, witty, and emotionally resonant novel chronicles the collision of six very different lives over a single transformative week, weaving together storylines of love, loss, reinvention, and the courage it takes to finally be honest with oneself.\n\nKelly, one of Ireland's most beloved storytellers, masterfully balances humour with heartfelt emotional depth, crafting characters so richly drawn they feel like old friends by the final page. Her signature style — compulsively readable prose shot through with sharp observations about modern womanhood, family, and the quiet desperation beneath everyday lives — is on full display here. The Island Retreat is the kind of novel that invites you to pack your bags and disappear into its pages, leaving you to wonder: what secrets would *you* leave behind if you had just one week to start over?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51070623154395,"sku":"2026100012129-SECONDHAND","price":25.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/f53bf960-06f2-4a4d-b634-5220c125caf4.png?v=1794188139","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026100012129-secondhand-the-island-retreat-signed","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}