The Glorious Guinness Girls

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Bright, pacy... Fans of Downton Abbey will adore this, and it would be surprising if the book weren t made into a luscious mini-series The Sunday Times A captivating and page-turning novel about a fascinating family. Fantastic SinÃ©ad Moriarty The Irish Top Ten Bestseller. Step inside the extraordinary world of the Bright Young Things... The Glorious Guinness Girls are the toast of London and Dublin society. Darlings of the press, Aileen, Maureen and Oonagh lead charmed existences that are the envy of many. But Fliss knows better. Sent to live with them as a child, she grows up as part of the family and only she knows of the complex lives beneath the glamorous surface. Then, at a party one summer s evening, something happens which sends shockwaves through the entire household. In the aftermath, as the Guinness sisters move on, Fliss is forced to examine her place in their world and decide if where she finds herself is where she truly belongs. The Glorious Guinness Girls has already been compared, and rightly so, to Downton Abbey. The two share a delicious comfort-blanket quality, only in the book s case, you do not need to wait until Sunday evenings before availing of its escapist properties. The story combines the intimacy of a family drama, set against the most opulent of backdrops, with sweeping historical themes Irish Independent A must for all Downton Abbey fans, The Glorious Guinness Girls is a gorgeous book, a captivating tale about a young girl caught up in the lifestyle of a family that continues to fascinate - the Guinness Family. A joy to read Swirl and Thread Set amid the turmoil of the Irish Civil War and the brittle glamour of 1920s London, The Glorious Guinness Girls is inspired by one of the most fascinating family dynasties in the world - an unforgettable novel of reckless youth, family loyalty and destiny.

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Emily Hourican is a journalist and author. She has written features for the Sunday Independent for fifteen years, as well as Image magazine, CondÃ© Nast Traveler and Woman and Home. She was also editor of The Dubliner Magazine. Emily s first book, a memoir titled How To (Really) Be A Mother was published in 2013. She is also the author of novels The Privileged,White Villa, The Outsider and The Blamed, as well as two bestselling novels about the Guinness sisters: The Glorious Guinness Girls and The Guinness Girls: A Hint of Scandal. She lives in Dublin with her family.

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