Maisie Brennan is standing on a podium on the twentieth anniversary of the death of her son, trying to find the first breath that will help her start talking to a room full of strangers. A daunting task at the best of times, but she's also menopausal and one hot flush away from totally losing it. But as Maisie begins her story, she relaxes and word by word disappears into her past, back to the day when one mistaken action led to a chain of events that changed her life forever…

Fans of Marian Keyes and Jojo Moyes will love The Space Between Us, a heart-breaking story of friendship from award-nominated author, Anna McPartlin.From babyhood Eve and Lily were best friends. But one huge fight and 17 years later Eve wakes up from a horrific accident to find her old friend nursing her.At first, their reunion is tentative but during Eve's many months in hospital they confront both the lies of the past and their present failures. An...

'A touching story of friendship, courage and love ... we couldn't put it down' CloserTwice Harri tries to marry the love of her life.Twice she fails.Since there are only so many times she can leave her man standing at the altar, Harri loses him.On top of that, as she battles the panic attacks that have stopped her getting married, Harri discovers that everything she understood about he...

Fans of Marian Keyes and Jojo Moyes will love So What If I'm Broken, a heart-breaking and complex story of love and friendship from award-nominated author, Anna McPartlin.Once Jane and Alexandra were inseparable - sharing adventures, secrets and big dreams for the future. But when Jane got pregnant at seventeen, they drifted apart.Seventeen years later, Jane discovers Alexandra has disappeared and she sets about helping Alex...

Rabbit Hayes loves her life, ordinary as it is, and the extraordinary people in it. She loves her spirited daughter, Juliet; her colourful, unruly family; the only man in her big heart, Johnny Faye. But it turns out the world has other plans for Rabbit, and she's OK with that. Because she has plans for the world too, and only a handful of days left to make them happen.

In a little Irish town like Kenmare, there's no need to worry whether people will discover your secrets. They already have.For Mary, that means being remembered for her tragic losses, even if she'd rather get on with her life. For her cousin Ivan, as close as a brother, the gossip is all about how his wife took the kids and ran off with her new lover. For Mary's friend Penny, it's an old romance that didn't work out quite right, and a current affair with a bottle of vodka.T...

Combining Marian Keyes' ability to mix darkness and light, and adding a unique twist of her own, Anna McPartlin shot to the top of the Irish bestseller chart with her first book, Pack Up The Moon. The award-nominated novel invites you to think about a heartbreaking question: how do you survive the death of your partner.When her boyfriend John dies in a dreadful accident, his girlfriend Emma is plunged into despair.Emma loved John more than l...

The murder of an innocent shakes Ireland to its core.One cold January morning in 1980, on a beach in Kerry, the body of a newborn baby is found in its most sheltered sand dune. When local police are called to the incident, Garda Mary Shea is first on scene.The Dublin major crimes team are called to investigate and because Mary is able to get crucial, female witnesses to cooperate, lead detective Matt Foley takes her under his wing in his bid to solve the biggest case of his ...

This audio edition features original music composed and recorded for the audiobook.How does a family pick up the pieces, when the one person who held them all together has gone?When forty-year-old Rabbit Hayes dies, she leaves behind a family broken by grief. Her mother Molly is distraught and in danger of losing her faith. Her father Jack spends hour upon hour in the family attic, poring over his old diaries, losing himself in the past.

'An enthralling read with . . . so many laughs along the way' Liz Nugent'Beautiful. A joy' Sinéad Moriarty author of the Devlin Sisters novels'An enthralling read with so many laughs along the way' Liz Nugent'A funny, poignant and moving read' My WeeklyTwo women, decades apart, united by hope.All Caroline wants is to be a mum - that shouldn't be too much to ask, should it? But after years of trying, she's had no luck - oh, an...

'Brilliant, funny and immensely moving'Catherine Isaac, author of You, Me, Everything'Well, that was a tearjerker! Anna McPartlin's Below the Big Blue Sky is a MORE than worthy follow-up to The Last Days of Rabbit Hayes'Marian Keyes***There's no family quite like the Hayes, and yet they're just like any other - they love each other, they look...

Tick, tock . . .Workaholic Eve Hayes is burnt out and lonely. At the age of thirty-eight, she’s afraid she has allowed the chance of a real and worthwhile life pass her by.Lilly Donovan got married too young and over the years she's become a prisoner and slave in her own home.Eve survives a horrific car accident only to be reunited with her old friend, Lily. A long time ago these two women were inseparable but the events of one terrible night ended their friendship a...