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Now, my friend, I'm going to go.

I really, really hope you have a good next couple of days.

But of course, they can't all be good.

Hello, my friend, and welcome to Catch Up with Louise McSharry.

This is the podcast where I try and keep you caught up with what's going on in the world, whether it's news on a Monday, entertainment on a Wednesday, or indeed a chat with someone interesting who has something interesting going on on a Friday.

And this week's guest is Jennifer Bray.

Jennifer Bray is the political editor at the Sunday Times.

She has had an 18-year career in journalism, which has included work in the Irish Times, the Times, the Sunday Tribune, and the Irish Daily Mail.

I've been very familiar with her work as a political writer for a long time, and we've met socially a couple of times, but I didn't know Jen well at all.

But I really enjoyed reading her debut novel, The Lies Between Us, which is out this week.

And I kind of wanted to know more about her.

And I have to say, I so enjoyed this conversation.

And

Sometimes you just sometimes the conversation is just easy.

And that's how it was.

And I think you'll hear that Jen is really brave and discussing some kind of personal experiences, which ended up feeding into her novel.

And we discuss struggles with confidence.

We talk about big sibling age gaps.

And then we also talk about how sometimes you think you can maybe just push your way past a traumatic experience, but it will often come back to haunt you later.