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Patricia Scanlan,
Author of Finishing Touches, Foreign Affairs, Mirror Mirror, Francesca's Party, Promises Promises
Patricia Scanlan was born in Dublin, where she still lives. While working as a librarian she started to write, and now has a full-time career as a bestselling author.
In 1990, she was discovered by Poolbeg Press and her debut novel, City Girl was published, sparking the phenomenon now known as chick-lit. From these beginnings, she is now an international bestseller.
Books
Finishing Touches
“blockbuster” March 1992 The Irish Exile, Australia
“run-away bestseller” 21 st August 1992
“Bestselling author Scanlan is…on familiar territory…straight to the top!” 28 June 1992The Sunday Press
“…a lively and revealing read”. Lucille Redmond Irish Press 3.7.1992
“A warm hearted and moving book…”. Evening Herald 26.6.1992
Francesca's Party
The book everyone’s been waiting for…
Patricia Scanlan’s
number 1 bestselling book
Francesca’s Party available now in paperback
After years of being the perfect wife and mother, Francesca Kirwan’s life is changed irrevocably one dismal autumn morning when her husband Mark forgets his mobile phone. In the space of ten minutes her comfortable, safe, uneventful existence is completely shattered.
With her life turned upside down and an extremely uncertain future ahead of her, she has two choices…sink or swim! Francesca decides to get a life. Easier said than done. First she must deal with razor sharp, international banker Nikki Langan. Super-babe is ten years younger and two stone lighter than Francesca. Sculpted, toned and dressed to kill, Nikki wants it all and she doesn’t intend to let anyone, least of all Francesca, stand in her way.
But youth and beauty aren’t everything as Nikki soon finds out and Francesca proves to be a far tougher adversary than the glamorous girl had anticipated. Meanwhile, after a decidedly shaky start, Francesca’s life takes a decidedly upward turn. New job, new friends, new lifestyle and dishy journalist Ralph Cassin showing more than a professional interest much to Mark’s immense displeasure.
Revenge is a dish best served cold…especially if you’ve been on a diet…
Then Francesca decides to throw a party…and that’s when the fun really starts.
This is Patricia’s best book yet. She creates in Francesca a credible and inspirational heroine readers can empathise with and admire as she rebuilds her life after experiencing the ultimate betrayal. A perfect holiday read that will leave readers begging for more.
