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Cathy Kelly is a UNICEF Ireland Ambassador for Africa
Chick lit Mum Sensational Irish author is used to seeing her books on the bestseller lists but says her greatest achievement is being Mum to her young twin boys.
BY HEATHER ZUBEK
MOMENTS before I was to interview
a natter with a good friend rather
Ireland, just 15 minutes drive from
visiting ‘chick lit’ sensation Cathy
than an interview with a bestselling
Dublin. Waiting for her there is her
Kelly I had an all out row with my
author.
husband John, their twin 7 year old
two teenage boys. Now I don’t know
It was the last day of a 10 day tour
whether it was Mother’s Intuition or
of Australia promoting her new book
being Irish that gave Cathy a sense of
Homecoming and the petite blonde was
“I haven’t been away from home
my distress but as soon as we were
missing home. Home is a delightful
this long for such a long time so I’m
introduced out came the coffee and
cottage with glorious views of rolling
feeling rather homesick.”
cookies and what followed was more
hills and the sea in County Wicklow,
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boys Murray and Dylan and three Jack Russell puppies.
With nine bestsellers and her latest