Laura Marney è un'autrice di spicco il cui stile di scrittura è riconosciuto per la sua distintiva miscela di umorismo nero e temi contemporanei, che la pongono in risalto nel panorama letterario. Come membro dell'illustre gruppo di scrittori Glasgow G7, i suoi contributi spaziano tra romanzi e racconti brevi, mostrando una voce narrativa unica. L'impegno di Marney nella narrazione va oltre la pagina, poiché crea anche sceneggiature per il teatro e la radio. Inoltre, condivide la sua esperienza insegnando scrittura creativa all'Università di Glasgow, coltivando la prossima generazione di scrittori.
Everyone's on antidepressants, suffering from Post Romantic Stress Disorder, especially Daphne, who's just been dumped by lily-livered Donnie. Being unhappy is embarrassing, and therefore intolerable, and so everyone's secretly on the happy pills.
Lack of funds force Trisha, an unsentimental lonely boozer Iving in Glasgow, to return to her previous profession as a pharmaceutical rep, pouring tea and telling jokes to sad burnt-out GPs. The only good news is that Steven, her increasingly distant teenage son, is about to move back in with her. The bad news is that Bob, her ex-husband, wants the house. Trisha's mind is unexpectedly made up when she inherits a place in the Highlands. Having pictured a rural idyll, she finds rain, sheep, a jaywalking dog and kamikaze midges. And more rain. Her social life is so limited that she even contemplates joining the Inversnechty Mental Health Awareness Group just for the craic. Then three nurses on holiday leave from Saudi invite Trisha to a ceilidh. A night of whisky-fuelled high jinks with a frozen salmon ensues which leads to a significant encounter with Spider, the local Lothario, and a dramatic discovery that will change Trisha's future forever.