The Ice Cream Shop by the Sea: A Lakeland Novel

About The Ice Cream Shop by the Sea: A Lakeland Novel

Welcome to England's beautiful Lake District, where a reluctant reunion forges a new bond between a daughter and her wayward mother . . .

Abby Rhodes is just starting to get her life back on track. After her fiance's unexpected death, she has returned with her young son to the small village where she grew up and is throwing herself into helping her ailing grandmother run the town's beach cafe. Then one evening, her estranged mother, Laura, unexpectedly shows up in Hartley-by-the-Sea and announces her shocking plan to stay.

After twenty years away, she says she wants to focus on the future-and has no intention, it seems, of revisiting the painful past, and all that Abby struggles to forgive. Laura Rhodes knows she has made a lot of mistakes, and many of them concern her own daughter. But how to atone for the sins of the past?

How to explain what she hates to remember? Slowly, Abby and Laura start making tentative steps toward each other, only to have life become even more complicated when an unexpected tragedy occurs. Together, the two women will discover truths both sad and surprising that draw them closer to a new understanding of what it means to truly forgive someone you love.

Previously published as A Mother Like Mine by Berkley.

PRAISE FOR KATE HEWITT:“WOW!!!! What can I say?!?!... Clear your schedules and grab the tissues as you will need them!!!...

Stunning, emotive and page-turning read… Breathtaking… Amazing… Heartbreaking… Had me absolutely bawling like a baby… make sure you have the tissues at the ready… I could not bring myself to put it down. I was carrying my e-reader around every chance that I got… I ended up devouring it in one sitting of a few hours… Devastatingly beautiful heartbreaking book!!!!” bookworm86 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐“Whenever I see a novel by the wonderful Kate Hewitt I know immediately I’m going to love it… So incredibly moving it was impossible to stop reading… The final chapters had me close to tears and even now I’ve finished reading I still keep thinking about [it].”

NetGalley reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐“I know two things. One, I know that I will love it. And two, it will rip my heart out and put it back together.

And that’s exactly what happened to me. I read it in two days… This is a book that will stay with you.” Goodreads reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐“I loved this… It pulls on your emotions and the characters drag you into the pages.

I couldn’t put it down. It’s a tear-jerker so get the tissues ready.” lisabookreviews ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐“I just love any book by Kate Hewitt and this book did not disappoint… Thought-provoking and emotional… This is a book that I will read again and again.”

Goodreads reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐“Had me sucked in from the very beginning! … Went through a box of tissues… Would absolutely recommend!” Goodreads reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐“This is an emotional and tearjerking read… Amazing… I loved it.”

NetGalley reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐“Knocks you out of your shoes! … FIVE stars!” Goodreads reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐“A super emotional story that will stay with you long after you finish reading… Heart-wrenching… Gripping.”

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