The title character of this book, Lucy Sullivan, is a 26-year old single Irish woman living in London.

Lucy Sullivan works in London and her well meaning (interfering) workmates drag her along to meet the revered psychic Mrs Nolan.Acres of fabric, yards and yards of velvet, draped and pinned and knotted and tied, anchored with broaches, attached with scarves, pinned and arranged along her sizeable girth.

I had thought he was gorgeous – his only average good looks were upgraded, in my eyes, to Adonis class, by blond curly hair, black leather trousers and a motorbike. The leading character, Lucy, has so many problems and issues, and is completely out of touch with reality.I woke up in the middle of the night wondering about my sense of self-worth – why was I comfortable only when I was being ill-treated?