Eva has managed to spend her twenties successfully hiding from herself in New York. Attempting to write, but really only writing her epitaph, she returns to Ireland to confront the past that has made her what she is. Eva has managed to spend her twenties successfully hiding from herself in an alcohol-fuelled life in New York. Attempting to write, but really only writing her epitaph, she returns to Ireland to confront the past that has made her what she is. In prose that is hauntingly beautiful and delicate, Doreen Finn explores a truly complex and fascinating character with deft style and unflinching honesty.