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Write Smarter with Kerry Manning

Write SmarterBy Mairéad Hearne10th June 2026Leave a comment

On this week’s Write Smarter Blog, I am delighted to welcome author Kerry Manning, who at 61 years old published her first book, Learning to Love Lucy and then six months later, the sequel, Rose has a Right to Happiness. Kerry suffers from chronic illness.  She has a number of autoimmune diseases which severely limit how much…

#BookReview of #LearningtoLoveLucy by Kerry Manning

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne20th November 2025Leave a comment

‘Lucy rarely looked at herself, and nobody looked at her. As long as she dressed in dark colours with her hair clean, she was happy’– Learning to Love Lucy [ About Learning to Love Lucy ] Lucy Hehir stopped loving herself a long time ago. Her ex-husband put paid to that. He regularly reminded her…

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