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RACHEL WALSH IS BACK!

WRITING a sequel can be a tricky business – especially when it involves continuing a story loved by millions. So even though fans have been begging Marian Keyes for years to write a follow-up to her 1998 bestseller Rachel’s Holiday, she was reluctant to go back.

“It was almost like I felt I couldn’t do it,” the Irish author says as she chats to us via Zoom from her home in Dún Laoghaire near Dublin.

Not only was Marian worried about disappointing fans, she also felt it was unfair to put Rachel through more heartache after all she’d been through to conquer her addictions. As

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