Sheila O'Flanagan

SUDDENLY SINGE:
Alix Callaghan thought she was in control of her work-packed life until her long-term boyfriend decides to settle down to a sensible existence, complete with children, proper meals and early nights, but without her.

ISOBEL’S WEDDING
Hundreds of pearls hand-sewn on the wedding dress, a Mediterranean honeymoon booked and a pile of presents bigger than Everest. It all seems perfect, until the perfect bridegroom changes his mind. Stunned, Isobel heads for Spain and a new life, but she still has unfinished business at home.

Andie and her sister Jin have never seen eye to eye. Andie doesn’t envy Jin her marriage to a wealthy businessman, while Jin can’t believe Andie’s happy with her man-free existence (if only she knew!). But when their widowed mother Cora comes back from a Caribbean cruise with more than just a suntan, Andie and Jin are united in horror. Who is this gorgeous young man who’s swept their mother off her feet? What the women really need is a friend to set the world to rights with – but can they be friends with each other?

This collection of short stories is set around the DART – the Dublin Area Rapid Transport system – and includes two eavesdropping train passengers who learn more than they bargained for about their own love lives and an office worker who imagines herself as an undercover agent.