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Post by claireallan on Apr 23, 2008 20:21:10 GMT
Aoife is 32 and in an on/off relationship with sexy singer Jake. When she finds out she is pregnant, he decides the relationship is most definitely off and leaves her before the pee has time to dry on the stick. Desperate to get him back- and convinced she can- Aoife doesn't tell her parents back home in Derry about her impending arrival until her episiotomy stitches are healing. She then has to return home to face the music - baby in tow and sanity absent without leave.
Meanwhile her best friend has been keeping a secret of her own. Beth and her husband Dan have been trying to get pregnant for the past two years. According to the doctors there is no medical reason fortheir failure to conceive. And if there is no reason, there can't be a problem can there?
Add a gorgeous gardener, an overbearing mother, a perfectly annoying sister-in-law and a well meaning aunt, - all with secrets of their own - into the mix and you have 'Feels Like Maybe'. And now available for pre-order, with a proposed release date of August 25. www.amazon.co.uk/Feels-Like-Maybe-Claire-Allan/dp/1842233203/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1208981785&sr=8-2I'm very excited!
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Post by Shirley on Apr 24, 2008 0:23:48 GMT
Sounds great, Claire! I like the new title, although I thought Blue Line Blues was very catchy as well - and clever! So exciting that you're almost on your second release now!
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Post by Karen on Apr 24, 2008 7:38:36 GMT
Another book to add to my tbr list!
How do you pronounce Aoife?
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Post by charlene on Apr 24, 2008 8:09:34 GMT
Looking forward to this book my pile keeps growing but this is a must have, I like the tilte change also, Best of luck with everything claire but I'm sure it will be just as sucessfull as Rainy Days and Tuesdays.
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Post by Jacqui on Apr 24, 2008 8:56:45 GMT
oh claire how exciting for you I wish you the best of luck it,s on my tbr list now.
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Post by Oonagh on Apr 24, 2008 9:26:35 GMT
I cant wait to read it claire. roll on august!!!!
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Post by megan on Apr 24, 2008 9:46:53 GMT
Yes, roll on August. It is lovely to know we have your book to look forward to!
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Post by claire on Apr 24, 2008 11:23:38 GMT
How do you pronounce Aoife? sort of like EE-fa! meaning Eve or Eva The book sounds wonderful and it's not too far away either! |
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Post by susanmay on Apr 24, 2008 11:29:53 GMT
Look for ward to reading it Claire. Love the title too.
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Post by Karen on Apr 24, 2008 18:11:39 GMT
How do you pronounce Aoife? sort of like EE-fa! meaning Eve or Eva. Thanks Claire. The same name cropped in another book I read recently and I wasn't sure how to pronounce it so thought this would be a good opportunity to ask. |
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Post by franmt on Apr 24, 2008 21:38:11 GMT
Hi Claire,
I'm delighted to hear that you have another book in the offing. I'm really looking forward to reading it. Best of luck with it.
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Post by fionnuala on Jun 5, 2008 12:52:50 GMT
I can't wait to read this!!! Congratulations Claire - another bestseller to add to the list xo
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Post by allyoconnell on Jun 5, 2008 13:12:34 GMT
sort of like EE-fa! meaning Eve or Eva. Thanks Claire. The same name cropped in another book I read recently and I wasn't sure how to pronounce it so thought this would be a good opportunity to ask. I was told at a writing course recently that you shouldn't use names that audiences outside Ireland might not be able to pronounce, and if the person reading your submission can't pronounce it, it could well reduce your chances of publication! Weird isn't it? But then I noticed that in Sheila O'Flangan's latest book the name Niamh was spelt as Nieve which I've never seen before so there must be something to it! |
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Post by susanmay on Jun 5, 2008 14:58:33 GMT
The only Nieve I've heard of is the actress Nieve Cambell. She was the main actress in the 'Scream' films!
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Post by claire on Jun 5, 2008 16:45:01 GMT
Her mother is Dutch so that is where the spelling could come from
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Post by claireallan on Jun 6, 2008 20:42:11 GMT
Thanks Claire. The same name cropped in another book I read recently and I wasn't sure how to pronounce it so thought this would be a good opportunity to ask. I was told at a writing course recently that you shouldn't use names that audiences outside Ireland might not be able to pronounce, and if the person reading your submission can't pronounce it, it could well reduce your chances of publication! Weird isn't it? But then I noticed that in Sheila O'Flangan's latest book the name Niamh was spelt as Nieve which I've never seen before so there must be something to it! Interesting but the flip side is that people looking for that "irishness" in a book will like the local names. That said, being a thicko from the North, I spend many years as a teenager reading Dun Laoghaire as Done Lock Hair until a friend pointed it out to me!  ;D In this book as Aoife lives in London, there are lots of mispronunciation jokes and fairly straight away the reader is told how to pronounce it properly! |
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Post by Karen on Jun 7, 2008 8:23:29 GMT
In this book as Aoife lives in London, there are lots of mispronunciation jokes and fairly straight away the reader is told how to pronounce it properly! I like it when books that are either set in Ireland or that has Irish characters have Irish names for those characters as it makes it more real. And I love it even better when the author expalins how to pronounce the names I can't so yay for the above! Although I know I can always ask on here! |
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Post by katied on Jun 7, 2008 10:08:04 GMT
It's not just for Irish names. I mispronounced Hermione all the way through the first Harry Potter!
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Post by nicc on Jun 20, 2008 6:02:44 GMT
Can't wait for this. Definately one for the list.
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Post by Shirley on Sept 19, 2008 19:46:24 GMT
I got this today - am sooooo tempted to read the birth bit at the start! But I have another book to finish first. It's taking all my discipline not to peek though!
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Post by fionnuala on Sept 19, 2008 23:23:28 GMT
I got it today too Shirley and can't wait to get stuck in!! I'm laughing as I read your comments about the pronunciation of Aoife as Claire put a poll on her Bebo page whilst she was writing the book asking what she should call her character - one option was Aoife (obviously), there were two others and then there was Fionnuala and someone left her a comment saying that there wasn't a hope in hell of anyone ever being able to pronounce it so to forget about it!! Welcome to my world please!!!
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Post by Karen on Sept 20, 2008 8:36:58 GMT
How do you pronouce Fionnuala?
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Post by claire on Sept 20, 2008 16:59:47 GMT
well I say ...fin-nu-la
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Post by Karen on Sept 20, 2008 17:30:55 GMT
Thanks Claire.
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Post by Oonagh on Sept 21, 2008 15:23:10 GMT
i read this on holidays. i really did enjoy it claire. it reminded me of watermelon for some reason. my legs are truely crossed from the birth scene. i would have loved more interaction with tom and maggie though. maybe im too critical sorry claire. i just love the interaction between babies and men. wierd or what. I truely enjoyed it though claire. i was turning the pages so fast. i loved dan and beth. it was a perfect holiday read for me. well done claire. when s book 3?  ? |
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Post by claireallan on Sept 21, 2008 19:43:54 GMT
Pick away Oonagh - I get what you mean about Tom and Maggie. The things we think of in hindsight!
Book three will be out late next year or early 2010 - mostly because I'll be busy having a baby! But it is written and I'm patiently (and nervously) awaiting feedback from Poolbeg on it.
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Post by Oonagh on Sept 21, 2008 23:52:23 GMT
thanks claire. when are u due again. god fair play to u girl. did u see the review in the indo after i said. im sorry i read it in work and threw it away cos if i had i would have posted it to ya girl.
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Post by krystal on Oct 5, 2008 9:18:58 GMT
wow claire! that's another to watch for..can't wait!  |
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Post by Shirley on Oct 10, 2008 22:12:21 GMT
Claire, Feels Like Maybe was a great read. One thing I look for in a book is readability/page-turning-ability (makie-uppie words, I know), and this book practically read itself for me. That's exactly what would make me have no hesitation in buying your next book, and the one after that. It's so important, and not all books have it!
(And I loved little Maggie - even though she did nothing but feed and cry, as babies do, I still wanted to run away with her - and you got the love that a parent has for a newborn across so well!)
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