PS: I love You

From the novel, PS I Love You
Some people wait their whole lives to find their soul mates. But not Holly and Gerry. Childhood sweethearts, they could finish each other's sentences and even when they fought, they laughed. No one could imagine Holly and Gerry without each other. Until the unthinkable happens. Gerry's death devastates Holly. But as her 30th birthday looms, Gerry comes back to her. He's left her a bundle of notes, gently guiding Holly into her new life without him, each note signed "P.S. I Love You."
As the notes are gradually opened, and as the year unfolds, Holly is both cheered up and challenged. The man who knows her better than anyone sets out to teach her that life goes on. With some help from her friends, and her noisy and loving family, Holly finds herself laughing, crying, singing, dancing - and being braver than ever before.
Life is for living, she realises - but it always helps if there's an angel watching over you.

Editorial Review:
Cecelia Ahern's debut novel, PS, I Love You, follows the engaging, witty, and occasionally sappy reawakening of Holly, a young Irish widow who must put her life back together after she loses her husband Gerry to a brain tumor. Ahern, the twentysomething daughter of Ireland's prime minister, has discovered a clever and original twist to the Moving On After Death concept made famous by novelists and screenwriters alike--Gerry has left Holly a series of letters designed to help her face the year ahead and carry on with her life. As the novel takes readers through the seasons (and through Gerry's monthly directives), we watch as Holly finds a new job, takes a holiday to Spain with her girlfriends, and sorts through her beloved husband's belongings. Accompanying Holly throughout the healing process is a cast of friends and family members who add as much to the novel's success as Holly's own tale of survival. In fact, it is these supporting character's mini-dramas that make PS, I Love You more than just another superficial tearjerker with the obligatory episode at a karaoke bar. Ahern shows real talent for capturing the essence of an interaction between friends and foes alike; even if Holly's circle of friends does resemble the gang from Bridget Jones a bit too neatly to ignore (her best friend is even called Sharon).

While her style can be at times repetitive and her delivery is occasionally amateurish, Ahern deserves credit for a spirited first effort. If PS, I Love You is any indication of this author's talent, readers have much to look forward to as Ahern matures as a novelist and a storyteller. --Gisele Toueg

The Irish writer and daughter of the Taoiseach Bertie Ahern has been in Los Angeles for the premiere of 'PS I Love You'.

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The blockbuster film version of Cecelia's best-selling debut novel, premiered at Grauman's Chinese Theatre on Hollywood Boulevard. Ms Ahern was snapped with the film’s stars, Hilary Swank, Gerard Butler and Harry Connick Jr and director Richard LaGrevenese.
The film, shot on location in both Ireland and New York, tells the story of a young widow who finds out that her late husband has left her 10 messages – all designed to help her get over his loss and being again.
Cecelia, who has just finished her fifth novel, had previously held a private screening of the film for the Ahern family, following which the young author said she "cried solidly for two hours, not because it's sad, but because it's so personal to me and so emotional".
"You know, there were things there that came from me and my boyfriend, from me and my family, it was based on my personal stories and when you're seeing it on the big screen for the first time, it's just like, 'Oh my God'," she said.
"There wasn't one person I didn't want in that room and it was a really emotional time for me."
Ms Ahern’s second book, 'If You Could See Me Now', will also get the big screen treatment. Walt Disney are turning it into a musical, starring Hugh Jackman.

Four of her novels have been published and she has also contributed a number of short stories to various anthologies.
Ahern has a degree in journalism and media communications from Griffith College Dublin. She has an older sister, Georgina Ahern, who is married to Nicky Byrne of Irish popgroup Westlife.
In 2000, she was part of the Irish pop group Shimma, who finished third in the Irish national final for the Eurovision Song Contest.
When she was twenty-one, her first novel PS, I Love You was the number 1 bestseller in Ireland (for 19 weeks), the United Kingdom, U.S., Germany and Holland. She has also contributed to charity books with short stories such as Irish Girls are Back in Town and Ladies' Night. Her second book, Where Rainbows End (U.S. Rosie Dunne) won the German CORINE Award.
She is currently a producer for the ABC comedy Samantha Who? starring Christina Applegate.
Bibliography
Cecelia Ahern Books

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