Limelight

### 'Daisy Buchanan writes about all the chaos and conflict of being a young
woman' Red

'Buchanan works through big themes of power, sexuality, friendship and purpose
with truly interesting and recognisable characters' Stylist



Frankie has a love-hate relationship with the spotlight.

She secretly craves attention, but she is ashamed of that craving. And after a
lifetime of comparison to her perfect sister Bean, she has never felt more
invisible. She only ever feels seen when she uploads risqué photos to her
small community of online fans. She creates a new her: confident, sexy and
utterly unrecognisable from the real Frankie.

Then the worst happens. Bean is diagnosed with cancer. While Frankie wants to
fill the freezer with home cooked food, her mother decides she knows better
and somehow launches a nationwide cancer fundraiser, with Frankie as the
supportive-sister-spokesmodel. Inevitability, her account is found. Now
everyone has their eyes on Frankie.

With her family no longer speaking to her, Frankie flounders in her newfound
notoriety. Feminists and misogynists rage at her online, while she attracts
hundreds of new subscribers. Whether they're demanding apologies or expecting
an empowering call to arms, everyone wants Frankie to explain herself. But how
can she explain what she barely understands?


### Limelight is a story about sisterhood, sexuality, and self-esteem. It's
about how we cope with living in a world which constantly tells us who we are.
What happens when we stop listening and start paying attention to who we need
to become?

'Daisy Buchanan has that special something that makes a wonderful popular
fiction writer - acute observational skills, huge empathy and a perfect
balance of light and shade.' Marian Keyes, author of Again, Rachel

'A queen of acerbic wit' Irish Times