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'For more than thirty years, Angela Gillespie has sent friends and family around the world an end-of-year letter titled 'Hello from the Gillespies'. It's always been cheery and full of good news. This year, Angela surprises herself – she tells the truth . . .
'The Gillespies are far from the perfect family that Angela has made them out to be. Her husband seems to be having a mid-life crisis. Her grown-up twins are having career meltdowns. Her third daughter, badly in debt, can't stop crying. And her ten-year-old son spends more time talking to his imaginary friend than to real ones.
'Without Angela, the family would fall apart. But when Angela is taken from them in a most unexpected manner, the Gillespies pull together – and pull themselves together – in wonderfully surprising ways . . .
'From the bestselling author of The House of Memories comes a funny and heartfelt novel about miscommunication and mayhem in a family like no other.' (Publication summary)
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Dedication: In memory of a wonderful woman, Dympna Dolan of Tateswtown, County Meath, Ireland
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Letters Full of Lies
2014
single work
column
— Appears in: Good Reading , October 2014; (p. 30-32) 'Born in Australia but now based in Dublin, Monica McInerney chats with Angus Dalton about family secrets, the sham cheeriness of Christmas update letters, and Hello from the Gillespies, her latest novel.' -
[Untitled]
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 15 November 2014; (p. 27)
— Review of Hello from the Gillespies 2014 single work novel -
A Letter that Stirred It Up
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 23 September 2014; (p. 6-7)
— Review of Hello from the Gillespies 2014 single work novel
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A Letter that Stirred It Up
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 23 September 2014; (p. 6-7)
— Review of Hello from the Gillespies 2014 single work novel -
[Untitled]
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 15 November 2014; (p. 27)
— Review of Hello from the Gillespies 2014 single work novel -
Letters Full of Lies
2014
single work
column
— Appears in: Good Reading , October 2014; (p. 30-32) 'Born in Australia but now based in Dublin, Monica McInerney chats with Angus Dalton about family secrets, the sham cheeriness of Christmas update letters, and Hello from the Gillespies, her latest novel.'
