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EPISODE · Mar 7, 2026 · 28 MIN

“I was a bit player in my parents’ drama, a parentified eldest daughter”

from Brendan O'Connor · host RTÉ Radio 1

First-time author Clíodhna O’Sullivan has written a romantasy novel, ‘Her Hidden Fire’ which has been chosen as a Good Morning America Bookclub pick for March 2026. She talked to Brendan about her father’s alcoholism, her mother’s mental health problems, the duties of the eldest daughter, and how fantasy novels were always an escape.

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