Belfast Girls is the story of three girls – Sheila, Phil and Mary – growing up into the new emerging post-conflict Belfast of money, drugs, high fashion and crime; and of their lives and loves. Sheila, a supermodel, is kidnapped. Phil is sent to prison. Mary, surviving a drug overdose, has a spiritual awakening. It is also the story of the men who matter to them – John Branagh, former candidate for the priesthood, a modern Darcy, someone to love or hate. Will he and Sheila ever get together? ...
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The story now travels back in time to Sheila's childhood, where she first meets Phil and they soon become close friends.
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Gerry McCullough reads the first chapter of her recently published novel Belfast Girls : Sheila Doherty – the Belfast girl grown up to be a supermodel – prepares for a fashion show at the Magnifico Hotel, in the newly regenerated city centre. Unknown to Sheila her ex-boyfriend, John Branagh, is at that moment driving towards the hotel to interview …
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