Anna Mc Partlin Boeken

Hier is een waarheid waar niemand omheen kan: het leven kun je niet sturen. Rabbit Hayes houdt van haar ‘gewone’ leven en van alle buitengewone mensen om zich heen. Ze is gek op haar dochter, Juliet. Op haar kleurrijke, chaotische familie. En op de enige man in haar hart: Johnny Faye. Maar het lijkt erop dat de wereld andere plannen heeft gemaakt voor Rabbit. En daar heeft ze vrede mee. Want zij heeft haar eigen plannen – en nog een paar dagen de tijd om ze werkelijkheid te laten worden. Hier is een waarheid om te onthouden: dit is een verhaal waarin wordt gelachen om de verrassingen van het leven. Een verhaal over het vinden van plezier in elk moment.

Emma en haar vrienden hebben een leuk leven. Ze zijn jong en succesvol, de toekomst lacht hen toe. Maar een wild feestje eindigt plotseling in een tragedie. Emma's partner John, met wie ze al twaalf jaar gelukkig is, verongelukt. Haar wereld is beroofd van alle licht en hoop. Emma wil haar bed niet meer uit, ook al zijn haar vrienden er voor haar. Zoals Clodagh, haar stoere hartsvriendin, de pasgetrouwde Anne en Richard en de charmante Seán, Johns beste vriend. Maar vooral hij kan Emma niet troosten. Eerst moeten zij allemaal, net als Emma, in het reine komen met de gevolgen van die fatale nacht.

Below a Big Blue Sky will make you laugh, cry and shout with joy for the colourful, unruly Hayes family as they battle with the loss of their beloved Rabbit, the daughter, mother, sister and friend, who in her own crazy way taught each of them how to live, and goes on showing them how to love from beyond the grave.

Eve and Lilly have been best friends since childhood, but a summer apart and a major fight lead to a tragic accident that leaves Eve injured and reliant on Lilly. As they reconnect during Eve's hospital stay, they confront past mistakes, unaware that a looming challenge will forever change their friendship.

An uplifting novel about how good friends can help you see the funny side of life, even in the darkest of days. Perfect for fans of Sheila O'Flanagan and Marian Keyes.

If you knew you d leave this world so soon, would you do it all differently? 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 abruptly. Now, eighteen years later, they have a chance to confront the past and reclaim their friendship. But Eve's brother Clooney is Lily's old flame and his presence threatens her already difficult home life. And Lily's husband, the looming omnipresent Dr Declan Donovan can only be kept in the dark for so long . . . All the while something is whispering into Eve's ear . . . tick, tock . . .

Emma and her friends are shattered by the accidental death of Emma's boyfriend, an event that catapults Emma into depression and rallies her friends to her aid in spite of lingering regrets over their role in the tragedy

Once, Jane Moore and Alexandra Walsh were inseparable, sharing secrets and stolen candy, plotting their futures together. But when Jane became pregnant at seventeen, they drifted slowly apart. Jane has spent the years since raising her son, now seventeen himself, on her own, running a gallery, managing her sister's art career, and looking after their volatile mother - all the while trying not to resent the limited choices life has given her. Then a quirk of fate and a faulty elevator bring Jane into contact with Tom, Alexandra's husband, who has some shocking news. Alexandra disappeared from a south Dublin suburb months ago, and Tom has been searching fruitlessly for her. Jane offers to help, as do the elevator's other passengers. Jane's brilliant but self-absorbed sister, Elle, and Leslie Sheehan, a reclusive web designer who's ready to step back into the world again. And as Jane quickly realizes, Tom isn't the only one among them who's looking for something . . . or traveling toward unexpected revelations about love, life, and what it means to let go, in every sense.

Five lost souls in search of redemption . . . To outsiders it looks as if Mary was born unlucky, but deep down she believes in a happy ending. She just needs someone to remind her. And Sam looks like a waster and a disappointment � the man who had it all and then threw it all away. He needs a fresh start. Penny is the life and soul of every party. She�s also a drunk and some would say a home wrecker. She needs someone to understand her. Ivan�s a sucker � a man who still cares about the woman who broke his heart and took his children from him. He needs to be brave. And Adam is in a loveless marriage and cheating on his wife, though only he knows why he married the wrong woman. He needs a wake-up call. For these five souls change is going to come, and, when it does, they all get more than they bargained for.

"'And just like that my boy was gone.' Maisie Bean is a fighter. A survivor. Seventeen years ago, she went on a first date that went so badly it was enough to put the girl off chips. The marriage that followed was hell but it gave her two children: funny, caring Jeremy and bullish but brilliant Valerie. Just as it seems everything might finally start going right, sixteen-year-old Jeremy goes missing. The police descend and a media storm swirls, over five days of searching that hurtle towards an inevitable, terrible conclusion. Maisie is facing another fight, and this time it's the fight of her life. But she's a survivor. Whatever the odds, she'll never give in. From the bestselling author of The Last Days of Rabbit Hayes comes this heart-breaking yet uproariously uplifting new novel about love, resilience and the life-changing power of hope."