She's a hypochondriac, a reckless spender and a nervous wreck. Approaching the crossroads of her career - retirement is looming - and her love life -"Casanova" doesn't seem to be interested anymore - how is our heroine going to cope with all this in her dizzy psychological state? She's writing a book as well, about growing up in her beloved Galway, and the memories of these glory days keep haunting her and stopping her coming to grips with the nasty present as the worlds of fact and fantasy collide. With her nervous system on fast forward and her brain all too often in neutral, she thinks of her life as a car crash in slow motion. The way she deals with that is the main business of this first novel.