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The Importance of Being Aisling

The Importance of Being Aisling

Summary

THE NO 1 IRISH BESTSELLER and hilarious follow-up to the smash-hit romantic comedy Oh My God, What a Complete Aisling - fans of Derry Girls will LOVE this

'Should come with a health warning. Ten pages in my face hurts from grinning' Sunday Independent
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Job. Flat. Boyfriend. Tick. Tick. Tick.

Just when Aisling (seems) to be winning at life, she discovers it has other ideas:

Fired. Homeless. Dumped. Tick. Tick. Tick.

As her new life comes crashing down, Aisling is forced to move back home to Ballygobbard and her mam.

Is this the end of the world?

Or might returning to her roots remind this small-town girl just what she'd lost in the big city?

WINNER OF POPULAR FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR 2018 - Irish Book Awards

'The Irish answer to Bridget Jones. It's stuffed with laughs' Daily Mail

'Should come with a health warning. Ten pages in my face hurts from grinning' Sunday Independent

'You'll be laughing out loud one minute and crying the next' Heat

'It's like a hug in a book' Buzzfeed

Reviews

  • Hailed as the Irish answer to Bridget Jones . . . it's stuffed with laughs
    Daily Mail

About the authors

Emer McLysaght

Emer McLysaght is the former editor of The Daily Edge and has worked extensively in journalism and radio.
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Sarah Breen

Sarah Breen is a journalist whose work has appeared in Stellar, Image, U, the Irish Independent and The Gloss.
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