Showing results by author "Ciara Geraghty" in Genre Fiction

The simple fact of the matter is that Iris loves life. Maybe she’s forgotten that. Sometimes that happens, doesn’t it? To the best of us? All I have to do is remind her of that one simple fact. Monday morning starts like any other – until Terry discovers her best friend Iris has gone missing. Finding her takes Terry, Iris and Terry’s confused father Eugene, into an extraordinary journey – one that will change all of their lives.

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 15 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.

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.

Ronda McCann lives a quiet, careful life. She cycles to her job as a care assistant in a nursing home from her childhood home, where she lives with her widowed mother, Annie, after a failed relationship. But Ronda has a rich fantasy life. In her imagination she is brave, assertive, respected and admired … much like her sister Margo, a successful working mother and wife. However, there’s no place for a chronic day-dreamer in Margo’s world. Ronda is flung out of her dream world when her sister insists that she learn to drive.

Zwei Freundinnen fürs Leben. Eine mutige Entscheidung. Und eine Reise, die alles verändert. Terry und Iris sind Freundinnen. Sie würden durchs Feuer füreinander gehen. Aber Iris ist krank. So krank, dass sie sich heimlich entschließt, ihr Leben in der Schweiz zu beenden. Als Terry eines Tages entdeckt, dass Iris auf dem Weg dorthin ist, zögert sie keine Sekunde. Mit ihrem betagten Dad auf dem Rücksitz gelingt es ihr, Iris am Hafen von Dublin einzuholen.