Irish Girls Are Back in Town
by Maeve Binchy and Marian Keyes and Cecelia Ahern and Patricia Scanlan and Gemma O'Connor and Sarah Webb and Morag Prunty and Cathy Kelly and Colette Caddle and Marita Conlon-McKenna and Martina Devlin and Clare Dowling and Catherine Foley and Aine Greaney and Suzanne Higgins and Rosaleen Linehan and Joan O'Neill and Julie Parsons and Deirdre Purcell and Martina Reilly and Mary Ryan and Annie Sparrow and Una Brankin
You thought you'd heard the whole story? They painted the town green in the acclaimed international bestseller Irish Girls About Town. Now Irish Girls Are Back In Town ...and their unique charm resonates throughout this high-spirited gathering of first-rate short fiction! So cozy up with some of today's best Irish women writers -- many favorites from the first Irish Girls collection and some lively newcomers -- as they spin nineteen all-new tales ranging from poignant and heartwarming to provocative and outright hilarious. Against the madcap setting of a bingo hall, Cecelia Ahern conjures a woman's memories of her domineering mother in "The Calling"...Patricia Scanlan unwraps the truth behind "Façades" when two friends reconnect at the holidays. Are they as happy and successful as they appear?...A resolute widow pieces together a shocking betrayal -- and vows to outdo her competition -- in Gemma O'Connor's deliciously twisted "Dinner with Annie"...Sarah Webb reveals "How Emily Got Promoted" -- and how a little bit of luck can make a working girl's day. Plus other wonderful entries from Una Brankin · Marita Conlon-McKenna · Martina Devlin Clare Dowling · Catherine Foley · Áine Greaney · Suzanne Higgins · Rosaleen Linehan · Joan O'Neill · Julie Parsons · Deirdre Purcell · Morag Prunty · Tina Reilly · Mary Ryan · Annie Sparrow
Release Date:
February 28, 2005
