Laura Marney est une auteure reconnue dont l'écriture se distingue par son mélange unique d'humour noir et de thèmes contemporains, la démarquant ainsi sur la scène littéraire. Membre du prestigieux groupe d'écrivains Glasgow G7, ses contributions couvrent des romans et des nouvelles, révélant une voix narrative singulière. L'engagement de Marney dans la narration s'étend au-delà de la page, puisqu'elle crée également des scénarios pour le théâtre et la radio. De plus, elle partage son expertise en enseignant l'écriture créative à l'Université de Glasgow, formant ainsi la prochaine génération d'écrivains.
Everyone's on antidepressants, suffering from Post Romantic Stress Disorder, especially Daphne, who's just been dumped by lily-livered Donnie. Being unhappy is embarrassing, and therefore intolerable, and so everyone's secretly on the happy pills.
Lack of funds force Trisha, an unsentimental lonely boozer Iving in Glasgow, to return to her previous profession as a pharmaceutical rep, pouring tea and telling jokes to sad burnt-out GPs. The only good news is that Steven, her increasingly distant teenage son, is about to move back in with her. The bad news is that Bob, her ex-husband, wants the house. Trisha's mind is unexpectedly made up when she inherits a place in the Highlands. Having pictured a rural idyll, she finds rain, sheep, a jaywalking dog and kamikaze midges. And more rain. Her social life is so limited that she even contemplates joining the Inversnechty Mental Health Awareness Group just for the craic. Then three nurses on holiday leave from Saudi invite Trisha to a ceilidh. A night of whisky-fuelled high jinks with a frozen salmon ensues which leads to a significant encounter with Spider, the local Lothario, and a dramatic discovery that will change Trisha's future forever.