Margaret Cahill

So - time has moved on - and it's now several years since my first book 'Under Cover of Darkness: How I Blogged My Way Through Mantle Cell Lymphoma' came out. The writing genie has been let out of the bottle and I'm well and truly off and my second book, 'It Could Only Happen at Sea', is now out. It's nothing at all to do with cancer, thank heavens, but although it's written as chick-lit, it's actually about a once happy and bouncy young woman who's recovering from an emotionally abusive relationship. It's a story I felt compelled to write as emotional abuse has reared its head in my own life, and in talking to other women I realised it's a much bigger problem than anyone had thought - mostly because we were too ashamed and embarrassed to talk about having allowed ourselves to be manipulated into such a situation. My hope is that this book will resonate with the readers it needs to, and give them the courage to recognise, and then get out of, an unhealthy relationship. And if it doesn't resonate with you, I hope you just enjoy the laughter and the tears along the way. One thing's for sure - you'll probably want to go on a cruise after you've read it!