All Shook Up — Catherine Daly

Praise for “All Shook Up” by Catherine Daly
Catherine Daly has a gift for capturing ‘real-life' dialogue...one of the most enjoyable books I have read in ages, I really could not put it down. (Woman's Way 2004 Review)
…explores with great maturity the crisis facing many young couples trying to juggle kids and a career. (Evening Herald 2004 review)
An intelligent read for the modern working mum. (Sunday World 2004 review)
Daly is a good storyteller and depicts life at home and the world of business equally well. (She)..easily brings the readers through the difficult highs and lows as Maeve weaves her way through a difficult period at work and attempts to keep her marriage intact.(Irish Independent 2004 Review )

Praise for Catherine Daly's writing:
Excellent, really, really magnificent. Catherine Daly has definitely delivered a great book once again.  (Woman's Way 2005 review of Charlotte's Way)
Her characters are believable and her storyline is just gripping enough without being over the top.
Watch out for Daly, she could very well be the next Maeve Binchy. (Bibliofemme 2005 Review of Charlottes's Way)
Buy it - you won't be disappointed! (Bibliofemme 2006 review A French Affair))

Senior executive Maeve Larkin loses her childminder, just as she is finalising a major merger at work. Everyone at work is relying on her to make a huge success of the deal but her husband Fintan just wants her to spend more time with the family.

Maybe fate is forcing her to choose between the job she loves and the children she adores. But Maeve suspects she would go crazy at home.

So when Fintan decides to take time off to be a stay-at-home dad, is it guilt that pushes Maeve to work even longer hours or is it her suspicion that her job is in danger?

Then ex-boyfriend James reappears, driving a wedge between Maeve and Fintan. Now Maeve's finally balanced life is looking decidedly shaky...

All Shook Up-
A novel about the working parents in Celtic Tiger Dublin. A story of love, careers, trust and family. Can Fintan adapt to being a house-husband and can Maeve keep conflict at work or will it inevitably spill home and into her marriage? A novel that asks the question- can you have it all, or is there always a price to be paid?