Make Yourself at Home

Make Yourself at Home

Ciara Geraghty

Ciara Geraghty

It's the last place she wants to be. It's the only place left to go 'A superb writer – the Irish Jojo Moyes' Irish Examiner When Marianne's carefully constructed life and marriage fall apart, she is forced to return to Ancaire, the ramshackle seaside house perched high on a cliff by the Irish Sea. There she must rebuild her relationship with her mother, Rita, a flamboyant artist and recovering alcoholic who lives by her own rules. Marianne left home when she was fifteen following a traumatic and tragic incident. She never planned to return, and now she has to face the fact that some plans don't work out the way you wanted them to. But she might just discover that, sometimes, you have to come to terms with the story of your past before you can work out the shape of the future... Set on the wild Irish coast, with an unforgettable cast of characters, this deeply emotional novel is full of Ciara Geraghty's trademark heart and poignancy.
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Rules of the Road

Rules of the Road

Ciara Geraghty

Ciara Geraghty

Emotional and uplifting – a novel about the true power of friendship. 'A superb writer – the Irish Jojo Moyes' Irish Examiner When Iris Armstrong goes missing, her best friend Terry, wife, mother and all-round worrier, is convinced something bad has happened. And when she finds her glamorous, feisty friend, she's right: Iris is setting out on a journey that she plans to make her last. The only way for Terry to stop Iris is to join her, on a road trip that will take her, Iris and Terry's confused father Eugene onto a ferry, across the Irish sea and into an adventure that will change all of their lives. Somehow what should be the worst six days of Terry's life turn into the best. Sometimes rules are made to be broken.
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Queen Bee

Queen Bee

Ciara Geraghty

Ciara Geraghty

She's earned her stripes. But the hive's misbehaving . . . Insomnia How do I have three extra adult males – and a small yappy dog – living in my house when I need to grow into a graceful and sexual midlife woman? Rage Am furious. Anxiety What's going to happen to my career if I can't get out of this rut? Feel invisible. What is happening to me? Fifty-year-old Agatha Doyle loves her empty nest – until hot flushes, a pair of killer heels and an overbearing man who won't stop talking conspire to change her life. In one moment of madness, she unwittingly becomes a heroine to women everywhere. But can she become the heroine of her own life? Sometimes you just have to wing it. 'Laugh-out-loud funny with a spikily endearing heroine who runs full tilt at the menopause with a baseball bat in her hands . . . Fast-paced and hilarious' CATHY KELLY 'Bridget Jones meets menopause . . . sharp, funny and real' CECELIA AHERN 'I loved this book. Hilarious, perceptive, empathetic. Readers will...
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