An impressive five out of five on our reader meter

My reader's favourite of the month...highly recommended

[The] Irish version of Chocolat

A delightfully warm read you?ll devour in one sitting

Sharon Owens? spectacularly quirky, mouthwateringly tasty and utterly unique novels have been likened to Joanne Harris? Chocolat and she is already taking the world by storm with her sweet tasty morsels of stories wrapped up in wonderfully evocative packages. Sweet like chocolate, this book is tasty, warm and satisfying????

The Ballroom on Magnolia Street is a delicious step back into the time of stripy legwarmers, fish and chips at the local dance hall and blue suede shoes. Cecilia Ahern refused nights out to read Sharon's debut novel, The Tea House on Mulberry Street.

Poolbeg have sold the rights to Sharon?s Books to an amazing 11 countries so far and new rights agreements are continuously being negotiated. Watch this space!

On a hot summer?s night in 1967, Johnny "Hollywood" Hogan parked his pale blue Lincoln continental on Portstewart Strand and solemnly told his girlfriend Marion that he would always love her. But Johnny didn?t ask her to be his wife. Marion, pregnant and terrified of a scandal, fled to the safe embrace of gentle baker Eddy Greenwood. Seven months later, Declan was born. Too late, Johnny realised what he had lost. He consoled himself with running his precious ballroom on Magnolia Street and dreaming of the day when Marion would come back to him.

Fast forward to 1987, and Declan is a young man who loves pop music and wearing army surplus overcoats. Marion and Eddy worry that he will drop out of medical college and join a rock band. But then Declan meets Shirley Winters and within weeks they are expecting a child of their own. Will history repeat itself?

2008-07-26 very disappointing

Having read 'The Teahouse on Mulbery Street' , I was looking forward to reading this book. Sadly, it was very disappointing. It was disconnected and the characters were totally flat and unbelievable. I , so, wanted it to be a rewarding tale, but it wasn't. It has put me off trying any other of Sharon Owens books.