The Last Days of Joy

When her secret surfaces...can her family survive it?

Meet the Tobin family...

Joy, the complicated, troubled mother She's spent her life running from her past while trying to raise her children as best she can.

Conor, the high-achieving son A high-profile media figure and CEO, he's walking a fine line between self-promotion and self-detonation.

Frances, the 'perfect' middle child Now a wife and mother, she's about to make a mistake that could destroy her marriage.

Youngest daughter, Sinead, the acclaimed writer Wrestling with writer's block, she resorts to desperate measures to deliver her next bestselling book to her publishers.

When Joy's children receive the news that she has only days to live, they rush to her side. Each is at a crossroads in their lives - but there's one last secret they need to know about Joy...

'Smart and highly perceptive, this is a writer who is not afraid to tell it as it is. The Last Days of Joy is a brave and profoundly honest book, written with dark humour' - Kathleen MacMahon

'You will fall in love with every one of the Tobin family' - Edel Coffey

'The Last Days of Joy is a page turner, portraying the madness and messiness of family life. This novel is full of humanity, its cast of characters all at the centre of tragedy, but coupled with Tiernan's deliciously dark humour and sharp observations on modern life--it works brilliantly. I loved it!' - Elaine Feeney

'With intelligence and depth, Anne Tiernan wraps the reader into the warp and weft of the Tobins' secrets, troubles, and joys. An absorbing novel, beautifully written' - Nuala O'Connor

Anne Tiernan was born in Zambia and grew up in Navan, Ireland, a small town about thirty miles from Dublin. She studied English Literature and Psychology at Trinity College, and worked in banking before leaving to travel the world with her Kiwi husband. They arrived in NZ in 2005, and have lived here ever since, raising three children, and settling in Tauranga.

Meet the Tobin family ... Joy - the mother Unconscious in a hospital bed, Joy's latest act has thrown the family into turmoil Frances - the middle child Seemingly perfect wife and mother, Frances is having inappropriate dreams about an ex, and might be about to derail her whole life Conor - the protector Successful and famous, high-flyer Conor is walking a fine line between self-promotion and self-detonation Sinead - the baby of the family Bohemian rebel, trying to write the story she needs to tell, but despising herself for failing to do itAs Joy hovers between life and death, the siblings must come together to face their past. It's the only chance they have of unlocking the future. A stunning novel about complex family dynamics, the intricacies of motherhood, marriage, and infidelity, and the lingering power of past trauma, which echoes down generations.

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