Book description
Nestled in the heart of Dublin city, St Enda's Terrace is like any
other close-knit community: warm, colourful, looks after its own. But
behind closed doors lie secrets . . . In Number Eight he wants a baby,
she doesn't. The guy a few doors down just wants to find love. Across
the street a single mum struggles to cope. While the people next door
might appear to have it all, their mortgage holder knows different. When
the street syndicate wins the National Lottery, it seems that things are
looking up. Enter a New York production company on a mission to document
a 'quintessential' Dublin community - just as it becomes clear that the
winning ticket is nowhere to be found. Facades begin to crumble in the
scramble to uncover the missing ticket and, as the gloves come off for
the once unremarkable residents of St Enda's, it's game on with
everything to play for. 'As funny and frank a portrayal of a
close-knit Dublin community as I've read since Roddy Doyle's Barrytown
trilogy. Unputdownable' Born in Dublin, Maria Duffy knew from an early
age that she loved writing, but it never occurred to her that she could
pursue the craft as a career. Instead, she began working at a bank after
completing a business course. Maria went on to have four children with
husband Paddy and became a stay-at-home mum. She had never stopped
writing and when her youngest started school four years ago, she decided
to dust off the book she'd once started. Once she began to write again
she knew it was what she wanted to do for the rest of her life. Any
Dream Will Do, her first novel, was published in 2011. After becoming a
self-confessed Twitter addict, Maria also began writing a blog for
Hello's online magazine entitled 'Stars in the Twitterverse'. To date
she has interviewed Eamonn Holmes, Jedward, Keith Barry, Wonderland,
Gino d'Acampo and many more. The Terrace is Maria's second novel.
