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  • Published: 5 November 2015
  • ISBN: 9781473508446
  • Imprint: Transworld Digital
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 432

Somewhere Inside of Happy





A funny, moving story from the author of The Last Days of Rabbit Hayes, the novel that had everyone laughing and crying into the pages.

'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.

  • Published: 5 November 2015
  • ISBN: 9781473508446
  • Imprint: Transworld Digital
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 432

About the author

Anna McPartlin

Anna McPartlin is a novelist and scriptwriter. Her previous incarnation as a stand-up comedian left an indelible mark. She describes herself as a slave to the joke and finds humour and humanity in even the darkest situations. Anna lives in Wicklow with her husband and animals.

Anna McPartlin's experience of losing her parents at a young age has given her a profound understanding of loss, surviving it, and making the very best of life. Before becoming a full-time writer Anna was, amongst other things, a stand-up comedian and a claims adjuster. As well as writing novels, she also writes TV comedy drama. She is in her mid-thirties and lives just outside Dublin with her husband.

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Praise for Somewhere Inside of Happy

THE most beautiful book - compassionate, gritty, warm, authentic, uplifting.

Marian Keyes

My heart was ripped right out. I couldn’t put it down.

Adele Parks

An emotional roller coaster of a read

Good Housekeeping

Brims with life . . . and will keep you thoroughly gripped until the truth is revealed.

Sunday Mirror

Warm Irish humour lifts this book into another realm.

My Weekly
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