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THE PERFECT READ FOR THE HOLIDAY SEASONIt's time for the annual holiday letter from the Gillespie family.... New from the author of The House of MemoriesFor the past thirty-three years, Angela Gillespie has sent to friends and family around the world an end-of-the-year letter titled "Hello from the Gillespies." It's always been cheery and full of good news. This year, Angela surprises herself - she tells the truth....The Gillespies are far from the perfect family that Angela has made them out to be. Her husband is coping badly with retirement. Her thirty-two-year-old twins are having career meltdowns. Her third daughter, badly in debt, can't stop crying. And her ten-year-old son spends more time talking to his imaginary friend than to real ones.
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Hello, I'm Monica McInerney - welcome to my Amazon Author page.In 2021, I'm delighted to be celebrating 21 years as a published author, with 12 bestselling novels and a short story collection for adults, published internationally and in a dozen languages. In November, my first children's book, Marcie Gill and the Caravan Park Cat, will be published in Australia and New Zealand.I write big books about messy families, packed with twists, turns and plenty of comedy. They include Those Faraday Girls, At Home with the Templetons, Family Baggage and my latest novel, The Godmothers.I love exploring the ties and tensions of family dynamics, long-hidden secrets, sibling rivalry, parenthood, married life, and friendship. My fictional families face grief, loss, infidelity, envy, obsession and loss, as well as love in its many forms. My novels are emotional and drama-filled, but there's always humour too.I really enjoy connecting with readers through my website, Facebook and Instagram, where I regularly run giveaways and share lots of reading tips and recommendations too. It's a lively international community of booklovers and I hope you'll join us.I grew up in a family of nine in the Clare Valley wine region of South Australia, where my dad was the railway stationmaster and my mum worked in the local library. For the past 30 years, my Irish husband and I have moved back and forth between Ireland and Australia. We currently live in Dublin.Before becoming a full-time writer, I worked in book publishing in Dublin and Melbourne, children's television in Adelaide, the music industry in London and Sydney and as a public relations consultant in Tasmania. I've also been a barmaid, grape picker, hotel cleaner, kindergym instructor and waitress.I've been consistently voted into the Top 10 of Booktopia's "Australia's Favourite Author" poll, and won and been shortlisted for national book awards in Australia, Ireland and the UK.To find out more, please visit my website at www.monicamcinerney.com, or Facebook at www.facebook.com/monicamcinerneyauthor and Instagram at www.instagram.com/monicamcinerneyauthorAnd if you'd like to be notified when I have a new book release or when Amazon has special offers you might be interested in, just click on the yellow 'Follow' button underneath my photo at the top of your screen.Thank you - and happy reading!
