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My second book, The Day That Changed My Life chronicles 31 Irish women’s experiences of a day they feel changed the course of their life.

Women featured in the collection include Chair of the Women’s Council of Ireland Ellen O’Malley Dunlop on following her heart - and not her head - with her work, and from that, became crucial in getting the definition of consent into the Sexual Offences legislation. Actress and writer Tara Flynn speaks with unflinching honesty about becoming the "unofficial face" of the Repeal of the 8th movement.

Author Emma Donoghue, the best-selling author of Room and Oscar nominee, reflected on the birth of her first child - an event she thought highly improbable growing up as a gay woman in the 1980s. Podcaster Georgie Crawford speaks about facing her mortality after breast cancer diagnosis at the age of 31 when her daughter was seven months old'; actress Amy Huberman on visiting Auschwitz with her Jewish father Harold, Irish women’s rugby captain Ciara Griffin on finally getting the green jersey of Ireland, and Cassie Stokes on moving to Canada and realising she’s gay.

Government ministers Helen McEntee and Katherine Zappone join other powerful and inspiring women in this collection of stories proving there really is comfort in sharing. All are united by a strength in adversity, courage and resilience, and an ability to find humour in the darkest places. Our lives changed, but some days change our lives forever.

Available from all bookstores, including Dubray, here.

Launch Night at the Museum of Literature of Ireland.
Pictures: Douglas O’Connor/INM and Cathal Burke/VIPIreland.com