Books By Maureen McKeown - Author

Maureen McKeown was born in Berkshire, England. She was educated by Sisters of Mercy at St John Bosco Primary School in Woodley, near Reading. At the age of eleven she moved to Northern Ireland with her family and was a boarder at St Joseph's Convent Grammar School in Donaghmore, Co Tyrone. She has great admiration for the wonderful work of nuns and holds the warmest memories of their guidance. She went on to study at the Belfast College of Business Studies and began her working life in the NI Civil Service in Parliament Buildings, Stormont, as a Personal Secretary. It was a 'troubled time' for Northern Ireland as a campaign for Civil Rights heightened sectarianism and precipitated more than 30 years of bloodshed.Maureen's parents moved to Downpatrick in 1973 and a short time later, she met Charlie, her husband of 37 years. Maureen quit the Civil Service to raise 5 children, during which time she also helped with the administration and running of the business Charlie and herself set up nearly 40 years ago.She