Dancing with Mules

This is the first chick-lit book I ever read, years ago and I just got back around to it, hundreds of books and a few years later -it's really good, chick-lit but with surprising depth. Three fairly hardbitten women: Gloria -owner of a hair salon in Dublin, but unable to forget her roots in the housing projects. Her useless ex-husband Frank comes and helps himself to half of everythign in the till once a day, usually while his piece of fluff kicks up a fuss and gets her hair done. Lorna -PR Queen of Ireland. She creates the most fabulous parties, makes sure everyone who's anyone will be there and lives a life most people only dream of. The problem is, she feels completely insubstantial next to her ex-college chum (whom she now hates) who never parties but seems to lead a wonderfully beige and intelligent life with her perfect husband. ANd Sandy, drawn back to Ireland from London on false pretences, she's only done three weeks at the radio station that she thought was going to be a promotion but actually was a huge drop from her previous giddy radio heights. The three women are drawn together, their stories interwoven as Mr Big, an American billionaire with an Irish fixation comes home to Ireland to find himself a wife. This is an excellent story, I really enjoyed the way it tied up so neatly at the end, all the characers were likeable (or at el;ast interesting) and it was very well and humourously written Highly recommended