If You Could See Me Now - Cecelia Ahern

I initially came acroos Ahern when I bought 'PS I Love You' with a 'Times Promotion'. I was aware that it was massively successful and brought her to prominence within the "chick-lit" canon. However when I sat down to read it, I didn't get very far as I found it hideously schmaltzy and sentimental to the point where I couldn't continue reading it. I had no intentions of reading another Ahern book until this one dropped through my letter box free with my subscribed issue of Marie Claire. So with an open mind and a bank holiday weekend ahead of me I sat down to read it. The plot is as follows: Successful interior designer Elizabeth Egan ...  Read the complete review

Why I decided to read this book ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ As a fan of her previous 2 books, PS I Love you and Where Rainbows End I was more than eager to read this book. Im a chick lit addict and thrive on lightweighted, romantic girly reads so when i saw this in my local charity shop for 50p I jumped at the chance to buy it. Background on the author ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Cecilia comes from Ireland. This had hugely influenced her work and references to the countryside, people and way of life are prevalent in all her books.She is 24 years old and is the daughter of the Irish ...  Read the complete review

"If you could see me now" is the third novel by Cecelia Ahern and was published at the end of 2005. I have read her previous novels and was keen to get this one and was lucky enough to get it as a Christmas present from my in-laws. Cecelia Ahern is a young Irish novelist, daughter of Bertie Ahern the Irish politician and sister-in-law to one of the Westlife boys, I think its Nicky who is one of the blonde ones! Her first novel PS I love you was a bestseller as was her second Where Rainbows End. Her novels tend to have romance and humour with a good plot with some twists and turns which keep you hooked to the end. I have enjoyed her previous novels ...  Read the complete review

I feel I'm starting to exhaust my local library's resources somewhat as I seem to have read nearly all the books that appeal to me there. However on a recent hunt in there I came across Cecilia Ahern's third novel which was released back in November 2005 entitled "If You Could See Me Now." As I'd previously enjoyed another of her books I decided to select this one and made sure it was the first one I read after choosing all my books that time. The Author Cecilia Ahern is an Irish novelist and is the daughter of Bertie Ahern who is an Irish politician, as well as sister in law to Nicky from the Irish boy band Westlife too. Her first novel ...  Read the complete review

Cecelia Ahern If you could see me now About Cecelia Ahern Cecelia Ahern is a bestselling author from Ireland who has written 6 books P.S I love you (which is now a movie starring Hilary Swank), Thanks for the memories, Where rainbows end, A place called here, The gift and If you could see me now (this is in works by Walt Disney to become a musical). Cecelia has also created the comedy TV show Samantha who? this stars Christina Applegate and is extremely funny. The characters Elizabeth- Elizabeth has alot of problems letting go of her past, her mum left when she was 12 and she was left to help her dad who didn't give much ...  Read the complete review