My Virtual Life

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Sometimes were more like our mothers than we think!

Glamorous lone parent, Stella wants nothing more than to impress her teenage daughter. She has spent her life shielding Tara from her religious upbringing and has never told Tara about her father. But when they move back to Belfast, hiding the past becomes tricky. When Stella lands her dream job as fashion editor at a teen magazine, Tara thinks she will die of shame. Soon after, Tara starts a blog to pour out her teenage angst and begins working at a home for rescued animals run by the enigmatic Nora. When Taras blog takes off, a rival magazine offers to publish it as a column, putting her in a difficult situation. Will Tara risk hurting her mother in order to achieve her dream of being a writer Can three generations of one family, who struggle to understand each other, ever develop real bonds

Sharon Dempsey is the author of the heartwarming A Posy of Promises and the critically acclaimed crime thriller Little Bird. My Virtual Life is a touching story about family bonds, secrets and redemption. It will appeal to fans of authors like Kathryn Hughes, Amanda Prowse and Fiona Valpy.

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Sharon Dempsey is a Belfast based writer of fiction and non-fiction books, with four health books published. She facilitates therapeutic creative writing classes for people affected by cancer and runs a creative writing group for young people, called Young Scribblers. Sharon studied Politics and English at Queens University and went on to City University to do a postgraduate diploma in journalism. Through the Arts Council NIs Support for the Individual Artist Programme, Sharon was awarded funding, to be mentored by Irish crime writer Louise Phillips, while writing Little Bird, her first crime novel.