The Love Book

Witty and warm emotion mixed with tense excitement will have you engrossed from the start. Definitely one for the suitcase. * RTE Guide * Grown-up, intelligent fiction. She just gets better and better. * Cathy Kelly * 'An exciting new face in Irish women's fiction. Escape to the back garden for an engrossing summer read * Irish Independent * An ideal holiday read * Evening Herald * Perfect for the Pool * Belfast Telegraph * The right mix of heartfelt emotion and upbeat humour * Image magazine * Long lunches, hot evenings and plenty of sex - O'Brien never puts a foot wrong. * Irish Independent * 'A delicious novel: full of warmth, glamour and excitement.' * CATHY KELLY * Praise for Fiona O'Brien * : * 'Appetising and enticing (...) The Love Book is not something you ever want to stop reading.' * Sunday Independent * 'Sometimes funny, sometimes sad, sometimes heart-warming, sometimes surprising, it's always wonderfully written; this is a book you will want to wrap yourself up in, whether love has been kind to you or not.' * RTE Guide *

The sparkling new bestseller about three women and one life-changing book. 'Not something you'll ever want to put down' Sunday Independent'One of the smartest writers of popular fiction around' Irish Independent In 1980, three schoolgirls visit St. Valentine's shrine in Dublin to write their petitions for love.Years later, Abby, Vonnie and Diana have discovered that finding love was the easy bit - it's what you do with it once you've found it that's tricky . . .When Vonnie returns home unexpectedly from her life in California, all three women are forced to examine their choices, loves and lives, which have proved surprising and in some ways precarious.So much for St. Valentine - if the saint has taught them anything about love, it's be careful what you wish for . . .But real love is always a work in progress, and even life-long friends must learn to open their eyes - and especially their hearts - because St. Valentine has some unfinished business with them . . .