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Carmel Harrington

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in Wexford, Ireland
January 04, 1971

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Carmel Harrington is an award-winning, No. 1 bestselling thriller writer, including The Nowhere Girls, The Stolen Child and the 2026 Quick Reads novella The Last Bench.
The Stopping Place (January 27’) is her sixteenth novel.
Her work has been included in the Sunday Times Best Thrillers of the Year; she is published internationally and is an Irish Times, USA Today, and Kindle bestseller. Carmel is a Good Housekeeping Good Books Winner; her debut was awarded Romantic eBook of the Year, and her work has been shortlisted for an Irish Book Award multiple times.
A regular on Irish television and radio, Carmel has been a guest speaker at literary events in Ireland, the UK, and the USA, and served as Chair of the Wexford Literary Festival for three y
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Carmel Harrington Hello, delighted to hear you are planning to read soon. I hope you enjoy the family as they boldly go!
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Hello, delighted to hear you are planning to read soon. I hope you enjoy the family as they boldly go!
The idea for The Things I Should Have Told You, came from a couple of areas. As a child, we loved caravan holidays and enjoyed a fabulous weekend away once in a campervan. So that inspired the Campervan aspect of the story. I travelled a lot in my 20's and early 30's. And I learnt a lot during these travels, in particular that the world is both a big and small place. That kindness is found in the most remote of areas. Travel changes you. I wanted to explore how travel might change a fractured family, who were not the best versions of themselves. Would seeing the world through new eyes, change how they saw themselves and each other?
As for a break, no, I'm afraid not! I wrote Every Time a Bell Rings, in between The Life You Left and this one. And I've already written book 5 - called 72 Derry Lane! Have a lovely weekend and let me know what you think of the story! Carmel x(less)
Carmel Harrington Love that I have kept you company on your train journey the odd time! What are you reading now Ciara?
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“Home isn't a place it's a feeling”
― Carmel Harrington, A Thousand Roads Home

“If you love someone, say so! Not just with words mind, but in your actions too.”
― Carmel Harrington, The Things I Should Have Told You: A Gripping Contemporary Novel of Family Wisdom and Rediscovered Love

“The trick is not to get lost in the bad stuff. Don’t let it become the dominant voice in your head.”
― Carmel Harrington, A Thousand Roads Home

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“I am not sure that I exist, actually. I am all the writers that I have read, all the people that I have met, all the women that I have loved; all the cities I have visited.”
― Jorge Luis Borges

“Love is an abstract noun, something nebulous. And yet love turns out to be the only part of us that is solid, as the world turns upside down and the screen goes black.”
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“Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.”
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“If you love someone, say so! Not just with words mind, but in your actions too.”
― Carmel Harrington, The Things I Should Have Told You: A Gripping Contemporary Novel of Family Wisdom and Rediscovered Love

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― Carmel Harrington, The Things I Should Have Told You: A Gripping Contemporary Novel of Family Wisdom and Rediscovered Love

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Anton Van Hi Carmel, thank you so much for accepting my request. I am honored by you allowing me to interact with you and I hope that this would remain a mutually beneficial relationship. I wish you the absolute best for this year and I hope that your life would be filled with love, laughter and amazing accomplishments. Have a fantastic day. Anton. Amanda: More Than Any Woman


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