The last days of Joy by Anne Tiernan

Joy, the complicated, troubled mother. She’s spent her life running from her past while trying to raise her children as best she can. Conor, the eldest child. A high-profile media figure and CEO, he’s walking a fine line between self-promotion and self-detonation. Frances, the ‘perfect’ middle child. Now a wife and mother, she’s about to make a mistake that could destroy her marriage. Youngest daughter, Sinead, the acclaimed writer. Wrestling with writer’s block, she resorts to desperate measures to deliver her next book. When Joy’s children receive the news that she has only days to live, they rush to her side, bringing with them all of the dysfunction and hurt they’ve been carrying since their childhoods. Each of them at a crossroads in their lives – but there’s one more secret about their mother they need to learn. Will they finally be able to forgive their mother and, in doing so, face their futures together?