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One cold January morning in 1980, on a beach in Kerry, the body of a newborn baby is found in its most sheltered sand dune. When local police are called to the incident, Garda Mary Shea is first on scene. The Dublin major crimes team are called to investigate and because Mary is able to get crucial, female witnesses to cooperate, lead detective Matt Foley takes her under his wing in his bid to solve the biggest case of his career. More questions than answers are found when it becomes clear many locals conduct secret lives—but who would do such a thing?

Rabbit Hayes loves her life, ordinary as it is, and the extraordinary people in it. She loves her spirited daughter, Juliet; her colourful, unruly family; the only man in her big heart, Johnny Faye. But it turns out the world has other plans for Rabbit, and she's OK with that. Because she has plans for the world too, and only a handful of days left to make them happen.

Caroline has hit rock bottom. After years of trying, it's clear she can't have children, and the pain has driven her and her husband apart. She isn't pregnant, her husband is gone and her beloved dog is dead. The other women at her infertility support group have their own problems, too. Natalie's girlfriend is much less excited about having children than she is. Janet's husband might be having an affair. And then there's Ronnie, intriguing, mysterious Ronnie, who won't tell anyone her story.

Maisie Brennan is standing on a podium on the 20th anniversary of the death of her son, trying to find the first breath that will help her start talking to a room full of strangers. A daunting task at the best of times, but she's also menopausal and one hot flush away from totally losing it. But as Maisie begins her story, she relaxes and, word by word, disappears into her past, back to the day when one mistaken action led to a chain of events that changed her life forever....

When 40-year-old Rabbit Hayes dies, she leaves behind a family broken by grief: her mother, Molly, her brother, Davey, her daughter, Juliet, her sister, Grace, and her best friend, Marjorie. They all have to learn how to cope with their grief, but despite fighting individual battles, they are drawn together by their love for Rabbit, and their love for each other. Laugh, cry and shout with joy for the colourful, unruly Hayes family as they battle with the loss of their beloved Rabbit, who in her own crazy way taught each of them how to live and goes on showing them how to love.

Der neue Roman der Autorin des Bestsellers "Die letzten Tage von Rabbit Hayes" – ein bewegendes Porträt von Mutterschaft und einem dunklen Kapitel irischer Geschichte: den Magdalenenheimen. Dublin, 2010. Caroline glaubt, alles verloren zu haben: den Traum, Mutter zu werden, und darüber auch ihre Ehe. Eine Selbsthilfegruppe führt sie mit drei verwandten Seelen zusammen: Natalie, deren Lebensgefährtin keine Kinder möchte. Janet, die von ihrem Mann betrogen wird. Und die toughe Ronnie, die ihre Geschichte nicht preisgeben mag. Cork, 1976.

Stell dir vor, du hast nur noch neun Tage. Neun Tage, um über die Flüche deiner Mutter zu lachen. Um die Hand deines Vaters zu halten. Und deiner Schwester durch ihr Familienchaos zu helfen. Um deinem Bruder den Weg zurück in die Familie zu bahnen. Um Abschied zu nehmen von deiner Tochter, die noch nicht weiß, dass du nun gehen wirst... Die Geschichte von Rabbit Hayes: ungeheuer traurig. Ungeheuer tröstlich.

Als Rabbit Hayes stirbt, hinterlässt sie eine große Lücke im Leben aller Familienmitglieder und Freunde, für die sie immer ein Lebensmittelpunkt war. Sie müssen lernen, mit ihren Zweifeln und ihrer Hilflosigkeit, ihrer Wut und ihren neuen Aufgaben umzugehen. Mit all den Figuren, die uns in "Die letzten Tage von Rabbit Hayes" so ans Herz gewachsen sind, fiebern, leiden und lachen wir wieder mit. Mit ihren Eltern, ihren Geschwistern, ihrer besten Freundin und vor allem mit ihrer Tochter.