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Daisy, Daisy

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I must get married, and I will, nineteen-year-old Evelyn decides. It is 1969. Evelyn is pregnant. Around her, the staid values of an older Ireland still rule. “Decently” married, she finds herself beset by doubts about her love for her husband Liam, and the temptations posed by other men. In interlinked stories, we follow Evelyn through her marriage, and the birth of her children, to the break-up of the hard-worked-at union – and into the beginnings of a new relationship. Poignant storytelling from a wonderful writer.

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I must get married, and I will, nineteen-year-old Evelyn decides. It is 1969. Evelyn is pregnant. Around her, the staid values of an older Ireland still rule. “Decently” married, she finds herself beset by doubts about her love for her husband Liam, and the temptations posed by other men. In interlinked stories, we follow Evelyn through her marriage, and the birth of her children, to the break-up of the hard-worked-at union – and into the beginnings of a new relationship. Poignant storytelling from a wonderful writer.

Try the other books in the trilogy: TWO SISTERS SINGING and HELLO LOVE

Reviews
“Honest and poetically written, these stories bring the reader to an Ireland questioning conservatism. But change hasn’t come soon enough for Evelyn. Engrossing and evocative. Daisy, Daisy is about the importance of love, in all its forms, and the power of motherhood. Another splendid and captivating book from this fine Irish writer. A great read.” ––Grace Wynne Jones
“Carmen Cullen writes with such delicate precision that the reader is seduced. The journey taken by her hero, Evelyn Connolly, is beset with the challenges of family, work, pregnancy, love and betrayal: familiar aspects of a woman’s life that are woven together by the writer’s skill and sympathy. You have known life, Evelyn tells herself at one point; by reading this novel, we have too.” ––Liz McManus
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Carmen Cullen

Carmen Cullen was Head of English in Coláiste Dhúlaigh Secondary School in Dublin and Director of the Oscar Wilde Autumn School in Bray. She is now a full-time writer. Carmen’s widely praised first novel, Two Sisters Singing, is loosely based on the life of her aunt, the singer Delia Murphy. Her second novel, Hello Love, traces the effects of family on a writer’s life. Daisy, Daisy, the third part in the trilogy, reflects the shifting face of Ireland, and the dilemma of a mother who needs to grow and change, yet feels the strong pull to stay and protect her children.

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