dna OBriens iconic trilogy of novels - The Country Girls, The Lonely Girl and Girls in their Married Bliss - depicts the lives and loves of two girls in rural 1950s Ireland.

Edna OBriens debut novels revolutionised Irish literature in the 1960s. Banned by the authorities as indecent and obscene and burned by the clergy, they were instantly notorious for their frank portrayal of sexual desire: but scandal soon became fame, and made this coming-of-age story a bestseller and instant classic.

Caithleen Kate Brady and Bridget Baba Brennan have grown up in the repressive atmosphere of a small Irish village after World War II. Kate is a romantic, looking for love