Kellie Harrington has said that sitting down to write her book with Roddy Doyle was a "rollercoaster of emotion".
She thanked the top Dublin author for helping her get her reflections onto paper and said she could not think of a better person for the job. The Olympic champion was thrilled to have a hard copy of 'Kellie Harrington' in her hands with the highly anticipated book hitting shelves on 27 October.
Kellie said: "This came this morning and I'm really excited to have it in my hands, a hardback copy of my book. It was such an experience sitting down with Roddy and talking about my life story from the beginning of my life up until now.
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"There were plenty of tears shed but we had a lot of laughs and I genuinely couldn't think of a better person to talk about my life story with and to get it to paper other than Roddy Doyle.
"He's a fantastic person and I'm truly blessed to have him write my book. I want to say thanks to everyone who already has pre-ordered the book. For anyone who hasn't and would like to get one, I will leave a link below."
She added in her Tweet: "It was a rollercoaster of emotion sitting down with Roddy and talking about everything from past to present."
People congratulated the gold medallist from Portland Row on her latest achievement. One person said: "Well done! Writing a book is such an amazing achievement & your story inspires so many others. Can’t wait to get our hands on a copy!!"
Another wrote: "Kellie - this sounds AMAZING! You are such an inspiration, such an icon and such a sound, lovely person. And to combine all of that with the brilliance of Roddy Doyle! Wow - Cannot wait to read this. Well done."
A third commented: "Can’t wait to read it - what a great combination!!!"
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