Heartfelt and hilarious, just like its heroine

A perfectly observed character isn’t enough for a whole book unless she has a story to tell, but luckily Emer McLysaght and Sarah Breen have created a surprisingly twisting plot in The Importance of Being Aisling

FICTION

The Importance of Being Aisling: Country Roads, Take Her Home

By Emer McLysaghtand Sarah Breen

Gill Books, €14.95

When readers last saw Aisling (both her surname and the exact location of her hometown are kept deliberately vague), the heroine of Emer McLysaght and Sarah Breen’s bestselling debut novel, her future looked bright – or at least safe. Reunited with her longtime boyfriend John, and enjoying life with her notions-filled but lovely housemates, ...