Marcella Riordan

An old woman makes her way across London on the morning after a hurricane. As she wanders past bombsites and through the city's forlorn beauty, a snowdrift of memories and lost desires seems to swirl. She has been married: once widowed, once divorced, but an unquenchable passion for life has kept her afloat as her dazzling career has faded.

As Hanna Casey drives her mobile library between farms and villages she tries not to think of the London lifestyle she has abandoned. But when the threatened closure of the library puts her plans to reclaim her independance into jeopardy, she finds herself leading a battle to restore the heart and soul of Finfarran’s fragmented community.

A day in the life of the author's city, Dublin, becomes a wild and joyous celebration of the love of a man for his home town. Leopold Bloom and Stephen Dedalus, come together in a hilarious scene in a brothel. It is as if Stephen takes the place of the son who died when Bloom was a young man and the story becomes a celebration of life itself.