Ladies' Night at Finbar's Hotel

Each story stands alone but also makes up the vivid picture of life in Dublin''s newly refurbished Finbar''s Hotel . . . funny and poignant'' Sunday Mirror

''Finbar''s Hotel is back, this time with a stellar cast of women writers and a lick of paint . . . But what''s it all about? Well, it would be all too easy to give the game away, so let''s just say that there''s a hilarious reworking of the old immaculate conception theme, a bittersweet confrontation between a daughter and her loopy father, a poignant encounter involving a long-married couple, and a cracking finish . . . it doesn''t matter who wrote what: together they''ve produced a playful, light, highly entertaining book'' Irish Times

''Beneath the humour, whimsy and outright craziness, Ladies'' Night at Finbar''s Hotel hits at the shallowness of current social pretensions and offers a cautious optimism about women''s lives today'' Times Literary Supplement