Brenda Dennehy
Author: Brenda Dennehy
Publication date: October 2026
RRP: € 23.99
Binding: Paperback, 156x234mm, 216pp
ISBN: 9781914596612
Brenda Dennehy grew up in a happy, loving home in a small village on the Cork-Kerry border, and still spent years quietly carrying something she didn't have a name for yet. This book doesn't ask you to judge her for any of it. It asks you to sit with her through it, rock bottoms, two stints in rehab, a career she lost and fought to win back, and a grief that very nearly broke her for good. Brenda tells it all with unflinching honesty, but never without tenderness for the girl she was, the people who loved her anyway, and the version of herself she eventually found.
Because underneath it all was always someone hard-working, funny and determined to be loved, a girl who went on to work beside some of the biggest names in Irish and British broadcasting, who went on to complete several marathons, including one dedicated to the memory of her beloved father, and who built, from nothing, a platform that now helps thousands of people feel less alone in their own darkest moments.
This is a story about resilience, about shame loosening its grip the moment you stop carrying it alone. It's about the people who never gave up on Brenda, even when she'd almost given up on herself. And it's about the promise she made in a treatment centre, barely able to hold a pen, that one day she would make the mother of all comebacks.
She did.
About the author
Brenda Dennehy is an Irish broadcaster, podcaster, author, speaker and life coach from Ballydesmond, a village on the Cork-Kerry border, with a passion for honest conversations and inspiring stories of resilience. She is the creator and host of the chart-topping podcast The Comeback with Brenda Dennehy, where guests share powerful stories of overcoming adversity, finding hope and starting again. Having faced her own battles with addiction, recovery, grief and rebuilding her life, Brenda speaks openly about her journey in the hope of helping others. A passionate marathon runner and fitness enthusiast, Brenda believes in the power of challenging yourself, embracing change and never giving up. Through her podcast, sold-out live shows and now her debut book, The Comeback, Brenda continues to share one simple message: Your story is never over.