Learning to Love Lucy

Kerry Manning is an Irish author of warm, uplifting women's fiction, best known for the Inverbridge Series — stories set against the breathtaking beauty of the Wild Atlantic Way in County Galway. A self-described story collector, Kerry finds inspiration everywhere — in the dramatic coastal landscape on her doorstep, in the warmth of Irish community life, and in the rich, everyday stories of the people around her. She writes about real women navigating real life: the messy, beautiful, hopeful business of love, friendship, and finding your place in the world. Her debut novel, Learning to Love Lucy, introduced readers to the fictional seaside village of Inverbridge — a place as vibrant and full of heart as the communities that inspired it. Her second novel, Rose has a Right to Happiness, continues the series with a story about second chances, two very different men, and the happiness we all deserve. When she is not writing, Kerry paints and stitches, drawing on the colours, textures and ever-changing light of the Irish landscape that surrounds her. For Kerry, creativity is not just a hobby — it is a way of seeing the world. Kerry Manning lives in County Galway, Ireland.