Written in a perfectly-rendered Irish vernacular, this return from the Orange Prize-shortlisted author of "Little Constructions" sees the protagonist known as 'Middle sister' struggle to hide the feelings that set her apart in an unnamed city where eliciting interest is dangerous.
But when first brother-in-law, who of course had sniffed it out, told his wife, her first sister, to tell her mother to come and have a talk with her, middle sister becomes 'interesting'.