Tape Player & Kettle

By: Carpenter, Laura

In Belfast, the day begins the same way: the kettle ticks, the steam rises, and life pretends it's ordinary.

Aoife isn't fooled.

Between school runs, work, and the careful routines that keep her house standing, she's learned how to survive by making everything small-small hopes, small risks, small feelings. Until a tape player brings a voice back from the past, and the past starts asking for more than survival.

With her daughter watching the world like a truth-teller, and a man who doesn't rescue her-only stays-Aoife must choose what kind of life she's willing to build: one held together by habit, or one brave enough to be real.

Tape Player & Kettle is a tender, atmospheric Irish love story about grief, home, and the ordinary rituals that turn into a future.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GHTGPFLT
• ISBN13: 9798233475269
• Release Date: January 2026
• Publisher: Emerald Harbour House
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"