Enright meticulously dissects how girl-about-town Gina Moynihan marries her staunch boyfriend then throws it all away in a blaze of lust
Desire, lust and the collapse of dreams are given a poetic shimmer by Gina’s seductive and funny account of how she fell for Sean, the love of her life, in a heady series of hotel room trysts and passionate, irresponsible afternoons. But with the breakdown of two marriages, and the burden of unsold, jointly owned property, the poetry careens into more painful territory, especially with the arrival of Evie, Sean’s fragile, complicated 12-year-old daughter. An elegant, eloquent look at love, loss and ruination that’s devastatingly good.
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