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| followed_by = [[If You Could See Me Now]]
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'''''Where Rainbows End''''' (also known as '''''Love, Rosie''''' or '''''Rosie Dunne''''') is the second novel by Irish writer [[Cecelia Ahern]], published in 2004. The entire novel is written in [[epistolary novel|epistolary]] structure in the form of letters, emails, instant messages, and newspaper articles. The book reached number one in Ireland and UK and was a best seller internationally.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.rte.ie/tv/theafternoonshow/2008/0415/book577.html |title=RTÉ Television - the Afternoon Show |website=[[RTÉ.ie]] |access-date=2013-05-22 |archive-date=2013-06-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130617203617/http://www.rte.ie/tv/theafternoonshow/2008/0415/book577.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> The book won the German Corine Award in 2005. In 2014, the novel was adapted into a film titled ''[[Love, Rosie (film)|Love, Rosie]].''
'''''Where Rainbows End''''' is [[Ireland|Irish]] [[writer]] [[Cecelia Ahern]]'s second novel, published in 2004. It was titled ''Rosie Dunne'' in the US.


==Plot summary==
==Synopsis==
''Where Rainbows End'' is a story told through letters, emails and instant messaging about the ever-changing relationship between the two main characters Rosie Dunne and Alex Stewart. Rosie and Alex are close friends from childhood but one day they are suddenly separated when Alex and his family move from Dublin to Boston. The book guides us through their relationship as it continues to change due to distance, new relationships and circumstances which seem determined to keep them apart. One question remains throughout the book, were they always meant to be more than friends and will they risk everything including their friendship on love?


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From naughty children to rebellious teenagers, Rosie and Alex have stuck by each other through thick and thin, the best of friends since the first year of primary school. But just as they're discovering the joys of teenage nights on the town and dating disasters, they're separated. Alex's family moves from Dublin to America – and Alex goes with them. For good. Rosie's lost without her best friend.


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==Characters==
Rosie is later on delighted to be awarded a place in college in Boston where she can be united with Alex but devastating news change this. After Alex fails to attend the prom due to his flight from America being delayed, Rosie is forced to take an unlikable boy 'Brian the whine' whom her and Alex disliked throughout their childhood and adolescence as her date. After drinking a bit too much at the prom, Rosie discovers a few weeks later that she is pregnant at the age of eighteen. Abandoning all her hopes of college in Boston and a soaring career, she goes through with it and gives birth to a baby girl, Katie. Brian abandons her and does not want anything to do with the baby so Rosie has to struggle through life as a single mum.
* Rosie Dunne: One of the main characters who lives in Dublin with her daughter Katie and has always dreamed of working in a hotel. The book follows her relationship with best friend Alex as distance and circumstances are forever testing their friendship. Rosie begins to question whether she was always meant to be more than friends with Alex and these feelings soon begin to take effect on their friendship.
* Alex Stewart: The other main character of the book, originally from Dublin where he grew up with Rosie, his family moves to Boston where Alex eventually becomes a surgeon. Alex gets married there, but later discovers that he has feelings for Rosie.
* Phil Stewart: One of the minor characters of the book and is Alex's brother. The two often communicate via email and Phil is always giving Alex advice about love and his friendship with Rosie.
* Sally Gruber: Sally meets Alex in Boston and the pair fall in love and get married and have a son together called Josh. Soon their relationship begins having problems.
* Greg Collins: A minor character in the book who marries Rosie. It soon becomes apparent that Greg is not right for Rosie and he is unfaithful to her.
* Katie Dunne: Rosie's daughter, Katie has a best friend in the book called Toby and their relationship mirrors the relationship that Alex and Rosie had as children. As she gets older her relationship with Toby changes and it teaches Rosie about her real feelings for Alex.
* Toby Quinn: Katie's best friend and their relationship is very similar to the relationship Alex and Rosie had as children. Toby and Katie lose touch and meet after several years where they realize they were always meant to be more than friends.
* Brian: Katie's father who comes back into her life midway through the book. He went to school with Rosie and Alex.
* Ruby: Ruby is best friends with Rosie after they meet working in an office for a stationery company. Ruby is always on hand to offer Rosie advice when she is unsure of her feelings in life and love.
* Mrs. Julie Casey: Also known as "Mrs. Big Nose Smelly Breath Casey" by Rosie and Alex. Towards the middle of the story Rosie, after quitting her job, goes to work at her old primary school as a receptionist and the two become friends.
* Bethany Williams: Alex's second wife. She was his first girlfriend in high school, but were reunited years later. They have a son named Theo. Rosie never liked her.
* Dennis Dunne: Rosie's father.
* Alice Dunne: Rosie's mother.
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* Stephanie Dunne: Rosie's older sister.
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* Kevin Dunne: Rosie's younger brother.
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==Film adaptation==
Meanwhile, Alex completes his degree and starts life as a successful heart surgeon in America. Living the dream whilst Rosie is stuck living in her parents house with a child. Despite the distance and the different lifestyles, Alex and Rosie remain best friends. Alex goes on to marry a woman named Sally whom he has a son named Joshua with. However the marriage does not work out and they get a divorce when Josh is older. Rosie goes on to marry a man named Greg but their marriage is also unsuccessful and after discovering Greg has cheated on her many times, Rosie leaves him.
{{main|Love, Rosie (film)}}
A film adaptation of the book was released in October 2014. It was directed by [[Christian Ditter]], and stars [[Lily Collins]] as Rosie Dunne and [[Sam Claflin]] as Alex Stewart.


==References==
Around this time, both Alex and Rosie realize that they love one another but are both too shy to confess it to one another. After her broken marriage, Rosie decides that moving her and Katie to America would help her to forget her sorrows and be a fresh start. This news makes Alex pleased and he plans to confess his love to her there. Luck takes a turn for the worst and just as she is preparing to leave, Katie's father Brian crops up out of blue claiming he is sorry and wants to be part of thirteen-year-old Katie's life. Rosie is furious but knows her daughter deserves to know her father so is forced to stay in Ireland. Alex, meanwhile, is also furious. With hopes of being with Rosie behind him, he gets back with old girlfriend from his adolescence Bethany Williams- or 'Slutty Bethany' as Rosie enjoys calling her. He realizes that the relationship is not working with her as his heart lies with Rosie but news that Bethany is pregnant with his child. Despite everyone telling him not to, Alex marries Bethany and she gives birth to a son named Theo. However as Theo gets older, the marriage doesn't work and Bethany and Alex divorce.
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The book is full of mishaps and misunderstandings in love and friendship. By the end of the story, Alex and Rosie finally get together and confess their love after fifty years.

The whole story is told through letters, emails and instant messages.

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==Characters==
*Rosie – Main character.
*Alex – Rosie's best friend.
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*Steph – Rosie's older sister
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*Kevin – Rosie's younger brother
*Greg – Rosie's temporary husband who turns out to be cheating on her.
*Sally – Alex's temporary wife.
*Katie – Rosie's daughter whom is born when Rosie is only eighteen.
*Brian – Katie's father.
*Josh – Alex's son with first wife Sally.
*Ruby – Rosie's work mate and best friend.
*Toby – Katie's best friend
*Bethany – younger Alex's girlfriend and later on, wife and mother to his second son Theo.
*Theo – Alex's son with second wife Bethany.


==External links==
{{2000s-novel-stub}}
* {{Official website|http://uk.cecelia-ahern.com/|Cecila's official website}}
{{Cecelia Ahern}}


[[Category:2004 novels]]
[[Category:2004 Irish novels]]
[[Category:Irish novels]]
[[Category:Epistolary novels]]
[[Category:HarperCollins books]]
[[Category:Irish novels adapted into films]]
[[Category:Novels by Cecelia Ahern]]
[[Category:Novels set in Dublin (city)]]
[[Category:Novels set in Boston]]

Latest revision as of 03:52, 18 October 2024

Where Rainbows End
First edition cover
AuthorCecelia Ahern
LanguageEnglish
PublisherHarperCollins
Publication date
2004
Publication placeIreland
Media typePrint (Paperback)
Pages592 pp (paperback edition)
ISBN0-00-716501-3 (paperback edition)
OCLC57750790
823.92 22
LC ClassPR6101.H47 W47 2005
Preceded byPS, I Love You 
Followed byIf You Could See Me Now 

Where Rainbows End (also known as Love, Rosie or Rosie Dunne) is the second novel by Irish writer Cecelia Ahern, published in 2004. The entire novel is written in epistolary structure in the form of letters, emails, instant messages, and newspaper articles. The book reached number one in Ireland and UK and was a best seller internationally.[1] The book won the German Corine Award in 2005. In 2014, the novel was adapted into a film titled Love, Rosie.

Synopsis

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Where Rainbows End is a story told through letters, emails and instant messaging about the ever-changing relationship between the two main characters Rosie Dunne and Alex Stewart. Rosie and Alex are close friends from childhood but one day they are suddenly separated when Alex and his family move from Dublin to Boston. The book guides us through their relationship as it continues to change due to distance, new relationships and circumstances which seem determined to keep them apart. One question remains throughout the book, were they always meant to be more than friends and will they risk everything including their friendship on love?

Characters

[edit]
  • Rosie Dunne: One of the main characters who lives in Dublin with her daughter Katie and has always dreamed of working in a hotel. The book follows her relationship with best friend Alex as distance and circumstances are forever testing their friendship. Rosie begins to question whether she was always meant to be more than friends with Alex and these feelings soon begin to take effect on their friendship.
  • Alex Stewart: The other main character of the book, originally from Dublin where he grew up with Rosie, his family moves to Boston where Alex eventually becomes a surgeon. Alex gets married there, but later discovers that he has feelings for Rosie.
  • Phil Stewart: One of the minor characters of the book and is Alex's brother. The two often communicate via email and Phil is always giving Alex advice about love and his friendship with Rosie.
  • Sally Gruber: Sally meets Alex in Boston and the pair fall in love and get married and have a son together called Josh. Soon their relationship begins having problems.
  • Greg Collins: A minor character in the book who marries Rosie. It soon becomes apparent that Greg is not right for Rosie and he is unfaithful to her.
  • Katie Dunne: Rosie's daughter, Katie has a best friend in the book called Toby and their relationship mirrors the relationship that Alex and Rosie had as children. As she gets older her relationship with Toby changes and it teaches Rosie about her real feelings for Alex.
  • Toby Quinn: Katie's best friend and their relationship is very similar to the relationship Alex and Rosie had as children. Toby and Katie lose touch and meet after several years where they realize they were always meant to be more than friends.
  • Brian: Katie's father who comes back into her life midway through the book. He went to school with Rosie and Alex.
  • Ruby: Ruby is best friends with Rosie after they meet working in an office for a stationery company. Ruby is always on hand to offer Rosie advice when she is unsure of her feelings in life and love.
  • Mrs. Julie Casey: Also known as "Mrs. Big Nose Smelly Breath Casey" by Rosie and Alex. Towards the middle of the story Rosie, after quitting her job, goes to work at her old primary school as a receptionist and the two become friends.
  • Bethany Williams: Alex's second wife. She was his first girlfriend in high school, but were reunited years later. They have a son named Theo. Rosie never liked her.
  • Dennis Dunne: Rosie's father.
  • Alice Dunne: Rosie's mother.
  • Stephanie Dunne: Rosie's older sister.
  • Kevin Dunne: Rosie's younger brother.

Film adaptation

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Main article: Love, Rosie (film)

A film adaptation of the book was released in October 2014. It was directed by Christian Ditter, and stars Lily Collins as Rosie Dunne and Sam Claflin as Alex Stewart.

References

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  1. ^ "RTÉ Television - the Afternoon Show". RTÉ.ie. Archived from the original on 17 June 2013. Retrieved 22 May 2013.
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