I wanted to write about a family feud. I wondered what would make two sisters not speak to each other for a long period of time and decided that it would have to be a man!
I also wanted to write about how two very different people cope with unexpected events and a little bit about the rivalry between them. People say that there is a lot of family life in my books.
I think the older you get the more you realise the impact your family has on you – in the case of Caroline and her sister, family becomes very important. In Irish editions, Caroline’s sister’s name is Tossa which is used as an abbreviation of Theresa. But outside Ireland she’s known as Tessa.
I love the idea that people can be so very different from each other even when they have the same parents!
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This is my biggest, fattest book and one of my most popular. I wrote it before Dreaming of a Stranger was even published so it was a big leap of faith, hoping that not only would people buy one book from me, but a second too! For the chapter headings in Caroline’s Sister I used [...]
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Chapter 1 Virgo (The Virgin) A constellation in the Northern Hemisphere Commemorates Astraea, the Greek Goddess of Justice Caroline tiptoed carefully across the bedroom floor, pulled aside the curtain and, very slowly, began to open the window. And unexpectedly cool rush of night air swirled into the room and she shivered involuntarily. She pushed the [...]
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