Showing results by author "Jenny Colgan" in Family Life

Christmas on the remote Scottish island of Mure is bleak, stark - and incredibly beautiful. It's a time for hunkering down, getting cosy in front of whisky barrel wood fires and enjoying a dram with the people you love - unless, of course, you're accidentally pregnant to your ex-boss and don't know how to tell him. In what should be the season of peace and goodwill on earth, will Joel think Flora is a bearer of glad tidings?

Born into a family of successful pilots, Morag is used to flying high. But when a tragic accident above the clouds grounds her, could the future she'd always imagined be suddenly out of reach? When she receives a call telling her that her beloved grandfather has been taken ill, Morag leaves her fast-paced life in London to return home to the tranquil Scottish Highlands. With her grandfather out of action, Morag has no choice but to take over flying the local route in his rickety old plane, ferrying locals across the beautiful islands of the archipelago.

Ever dreamed of starting over? Issy Randall can bake. No, more than that - Issy can create stunning, mouth-wateringly divine cakes. After a childhood spent in her beloved Grampa Joe’s bakery she has undoubtedly inherited his talent. So when she’s made redundant from her safe but dull City job, Issy decides to seize the moment and open up her own café. It should be a piece of cake, right?

Gertie has always had her head in the clouds, wondering what her life might be like if she could only pluck up the courage to leave the remote Scottish island where she was born. It's the only place she knows, but you can't do anything there without everyone knowing - the glue of this close-knit community is the Knitting Circle, a group of strong, capable and frankly nosy women who work hard, gossip, knit and support each other through thick and thin. At the centre of this sisterhood is Gertie's mum Jean and her grandmother Elspeth, and the three generations of women live together.

On the quayside next to the Endless Beach sits the Summer Seaside Kitchen. It's a haven for tourists and locals alike, who all come to eat the freshest local produce on the island and catch up with the gossip. Flora, who runs the café, feels safe and content - unless she thinks too hard about her relationship with Joel, her gorgeous but emotionally (and physically) distant boyfriend. While Flora is in turmoil about her relationship, her best friend, Lorna, is pining after the local doctor.

They live 500 miles apart. Yet their lives are about to collide. Lissa loves her job as a nurse, but recently she's been doing a better job of looking after other people than looking after herself. After a traumatic incident at work leaves her feeling overwhelmed, she agrees to swap lives with someone in a quiet village in Scotland. Cormac is restless. Just out of the army, he's desperately in need of distraction and there's precious little of it in Kirrinfief. Maybe three months in London is just what he needs.

PERFEKT JULELÆSNING, DER FØLES SOM EN KOP VARM KAKAO PÅ EN SNEKOLD DAG!

Carmen føler sig fortabt. Stormagasinet, hvor hun hidtil har arbejdet, må lukke, og nu ved hun ikke, hvad hun skal gøre. Hun har i hvert fald slet ikke lyst til at flytte hjem til sin perfekte søster Sofia i hendes perfekte hus med de perfekte børn og det fuldkommen perfekte liv i Edinburgh.

Sofia har ærlig talt heller ikke lyst til at byde Carmen velkommen. Hendes søster har altid været sarkastisk og umedgørlig.

In Edinburgh naht der Winter! Höchste Zeit, die Christbaumkugeln zu entstauben, Plätzchen zu backen und die Schaufenster festlich zu dekorieren – eigentlich... Stattdessen aber wird die Buchhandlung, in der Carmen arbeitet, zum Drehort eines kitschigen Weihnachtsfilms, ihre Schwester setzt sie glatt vor die Tür, und die Liebe ihres Lebens hat dringende Verpflichtungen auf der anderen Seite der Welt. Fast könnte man da den Glauben an die Magie der Weihnacht verlieren... Doch dann verrät ihr schrulliger älterer Chef Carmen einen Herzenswunsch, der vielleicht nie mehr in Erfüllung gehen wird.