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Tracy Culleton,
Author of Looking Good, Loving Lucy and More Than Friends
Happiness for Tracy Culleton came in the form of a telephone call from Poolbeg publisher Paula Campbell to tell her that she was the winner of the Poolbeg ‘Write a Bestseller’ competition. Run in association with RTE’s magazine show Open House the competition drew thousands of manuscripts from at home and abroad. It was a tough decision for the judges but they eventually arrived at a short list of five. Tracy emerged the unanimous choice with her book Looking Good.
Books
More than Friends
Sally, 32, blonde, attractive, social drinker & non smoker, honest fun and sexy - looking for Mr. Right to settle down and have a family
Chris, 34, single, tall and handsome, self-employed, enjoys socializing, good friends, good food and good wine - looking for fun, friendship and more
"It's a truth universally acknowledged that a woman in possession of a loudly ticking biological clock must be in search of a husband."
Sally is 32, single and panicking, and to paraphrase Jane Austin, at least she's trying to be cultural about it. Her happily married friend Gaby suggests that Sally join a dating agency to find a man. Initially Sally resists the advice, but eventually she comes around to the idea.
And she's so glad she did! Because through the dating agency www.morethanfriends.ie, she meets the gorgeous and charming Chris Malley. Followed by a whirlwind romance, Chris is keen for them to settle down together – and it gets even better because he's happy to support her so she can give up her job to follow her dream of writing a novel.
And he wants to start trying for a baby straight away. It's all perfect! At least, it would be perfect if Sally wasn't beginning to have forgetful incidents. Fearful for her health she tries to appear normal by hiding the worst of her lapses from Chris. But it gets worse and worse until she hits rock bottom. And when you're at the bottom, there's nowhere to go but up. If only she has the courage. If only she had a friend to turn to.
Looking Good
WINNER POOLBEG OPEN HOUSE ‘WRITE A BESTSELLER’ COMPETITION Looking Good by Tracy Culleton published September 2003
ISBN: 184 223 1553. Price: €9.99
Happiness for Tracy Culleton came in the form of a telephone call from Poolbeg publisher Paula Campbell to tell her that she was the winner of the Poolbeg ‘Write a Bestseller’ competition. Run in association with RTE’s magazine show Open House the competition drew thousands of manuscripts from at home and abroad. It was a tough decision for the judges but they eventually arrived at a short list of five. Tracy emerged the unanimous choice with her book Looking Good.
In the highly competitive world of women’s fiction, women are looking for a better story, one that reflects their lives and deals with their issues. It has got to challenge and hold the interest of the reader. It’s got to be edgy, intelligent and relevant. Tracy Culleton’s Looking Good delivers on all these scores.
It’s easy to be happy when you have no problems. Grainne and Patrick are madly in love with successful careers, plenty of money, holidays and romance… The only thing missing from their lives is a baby and for Grainne this is fast becoming an obsession.
But on a November night on cold hard tiles Grainne’s old life is suddenly and irrevocably ended and a new uncertain one begins. Now she has to question all she believes and trusts. Now she has to begin again, to find resources she doesn’t know she has. Is her new life worth the cost of everything they shared? Is it worth losing Patrick for? Maybe it is…
One thing she is certain of is that the decisions she will have to face will take all the courage she can grasp.
