Doreen Finn je autorka, ktorej dielo sa ponára do hlbín ľudskej skúsenosti. Prostredníctvom svojho jedinečného literárneho štýlu skúma zložité vzťahy a vnútorné svety svojich postáv. Jej tvorba sa vyznačuje prenikavým vhľadom a poetickým jazykom, ktorý čitateľa vtiahne do vnútra príbehu. Finn sa venuje zachyteniu esencie života a jeho nevypovedaných právd.
Nine-year-old Megan lives in a redbrick house in Dublin with her mother, a beautiful and lonely artist, and her grandmother; her father's whereabouts are a mystery. When an American family moves in downstairs and Megan's mother begins a tentative affair with the father, everything that Megan is sure of starts to unravel.
What happens when you no longer recognise the person you have become? 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. In prose that is hauntingly beautiful and delicate, Doreen Finn explores a truly complex and fascinating character with deft style and unflinching honesty.