Carmen Cullen was Head of English in Coláiste Dhúlaigh Secondary School in Dublin and Director of the Oscar Wilde Autumn School in Bray. She is now a full-time writer. Carmen’s widely praised fi rst novel, Two Sisters Singing, is loosely based on the life of her aunt, the singer Delia Murphy. Her second novel, Hello Love, traces the effects of family on a writer’s life. Daisy, Daisy, the third part in the trilogy, refl ects the shifting face of Ireland, and the dilemma of a mother who needs to grow and change, yet feels the strong pull to stay and protect her children.