Cathy Kelly
A sort of homecoming
When she got married last year, Cathy Kelly could not have imagined how her life would change. Donal O’Donoghue meets the best-selling writer at her Wicklow home
It’s a sunny day in Wicklow. The hills are alive, the lambs are frolicking and Cathy Kelly, best-selling author and non-stop dynamo, is full of the joys of spring. And why not? The Dubliner, who sells books by the shed-load, is back on top with her latest paperback, Homecoming. Business is good – she even has the builders in to add another wing to her home, where she lives with her husband, John, and their twin boys, just outside the pretty village of Enniskerry. From the living room, you can see the sea, a blue line on the horizon, and the future is bright (certainly a lot brighter than what’s in store for those frolicking lambs). Not only is Homecoming flying off the shelves, but Kelly herself is flying around the world: last November a book tour of Australia, this week a publicity jaunt to Canada.