Meet Eleanor

Hello and welcome to my website. I’m Eleanor O’Kelly-Lynch,
the author of The Girl with Special Knees. My book is a story about a family in trouble and at the centre of that family, a little girl in deep despair. One day, an African doll arrives in the post, a gift for her 11th
birthday and something magical happens…

The Girl with Special Knees has received some wonderful
reviews and media coverage and The sequel, The Girl with Stars in Her Eyes, was successfully launched on December 6th.

Writing a novel was something I always dreamed about and
there’s a real sense of satisfaction in realising a long-held goal. I really
hope you enjoy the book.

Read on...

The Girl with Stars in her Eyes

The bookis about an ordinary family - the Redmonds - and at the heart of that family, a child who has had enough. On another level, it's about the invisible and unknowable magic that surrounds us... and a reminder that all kinds of wild adventures are possible if we can just believe and follow our hearts.

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  • The Girl with Special Knees

  • How I came to write this book: My book is about a family in trouble – Mum, Dad, two sisters. One day an African doll arrives in the post and something magical happens. The spark for the story was lit a few years ago: I was watching television on my sofa. My daughter lay next to me self-injuring her face. Lauren was born with a rare debilitating condition. Her life was a battle.

  • It was heart breaking to watch. When I voiced my despair, my sister said, ‘Who knows, maybe she’s living another life - a wonderful life - in another dimension. I’d read about parallel universes, where time can fork off into different realities – the multiverse - where we live different versions of ourselves. Imagine if Lauren could slip through a portal, take flight, live her dreams in another dimension? And so, The Girl with Special Knees was born. Through the book, I could give her wings. She would ride a horse, eat sweets, have adventures, be herself – the smart, funny, courageous girl who was in there, buried under the rubble of despair. While the book is rooted in my lived experience, it is a work of fiction. The book follows the story of the four family members, the relationships inextricably connected.
  • When I started out, I thought the book would be about the fallout of grief and loss. When I finished, I saw that the book was really about how courage matters, how it comes in different guises and how – if we look long and hard enough – we find it within ourselves. Looking back now, I can see that this was the lesson I had to learn – and am still learning.

  • The Girl With Stars in her Eyes

  • The book is about an ordinary family - the Redmonds - and at the heart of that family, a child who has had enough. On another level, it's about the invisible and unknowable magic that surrounds us... and a reminder that all kinds of wild adventures are possible if we can just believe and follow our hearts.

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