Chick Lit Classics is a regular feature on Chick Lit Reviews where we highlight the books we feel are classics of the chick lit genre. Feel free to discuss our choices in the comments section!

This week I’ve chosen one of Irish author Colette Caddle’s novels as our Classic choice. Colette had been publishing books for a while now and is definitely a Chick Lit staple. Red Letter Day was one of the earlier Chick Lit novels I read and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Celine’s story isn’t a happy one and I found myself caught up with all the twists and turns that occurred and I couldn’t help hoping Celine would get a happy ending. It’s a book well worth picking up if you can as it’s Colette at her best!

Recently married to Dermot and tipped as Irelands hottest new designer, Celine Moore is relaxed, happy and looking forward to an exciting future. Why then just five years later, is she barely able to hold her head up high in her local Dublin neighbourhood, at odds with her father and sister in law and accepting a job in a second hand clothes shop. Celines life changed the night Dermot failed to return from work. The shock of Dermots violent end destroys all her happiness and ambition. Aching loneliness and anger take their place, and without thinking through the consequences, Celine embarks on a affair with a married man. Desperate to put some distance between herself and the local gossips, a new start in a new place and a new job seems like the perfect opportunity to start again. But its not long before she realizes that however much you try to run away, your past has a habit of catching up with you dramatically in the end…

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