- Until everything goes pearshaped and she finds herself being frogmarched to the Cloisters - Dublin"s answer to the Betty Ford Clinic. She"s outraged. Surely she"s not thin enough to be an addict? But on the bright side, she"s heard that rehab places are wall-to-wall jucuzzis, gymnasiums and rock stars going tepid turkey. Besides, it"s about time she had a little holiday.Rachel isn"t expecting plump, middle-aged men in brown jumpers, and more group therapy than you can shake a stick at. That - alarmingly - she seems to be expected to join in with. Who cares for introspection when all there is to look at is damaged and broken?Heartsick and Luke-sick, she seeks redemption in the shape of Chris, a Man with a Past. A man who might be more trouble than he"s worth.Rachel is airlifted from addiction to the unfamiliar terrain of adulthood, via a love story or two, in a novel by turns poignant, powerful and seriously funny.