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Oh My God, What a Complete Aisling

By: Emer McLysaght, Sarah Breen
Narrated by: Amy McAllister
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Aisling is twenty-eight and she’s a complete ... Aisling. She lives at home in Ballygobbard (or Ballygobackwards, as some gas tickets call it) with her parents and commutes to her good job at PensionsPlus in Dublin. Aisling goes out every Saturday night with her best friend Majella, who is a bit of a hames (she’s lost two phones already this year – Aisling has never lost a phone. They love hoofing into the Coors Light if they’re 'Out', or the vodka and Diet Cokes if they’re 'Out Out'. Aisling spends two nights a week at her boyfriend John’s. He’s from down home and was kiss number seventeen at her twenty-first. But Aisling wants more. She wants the ring on her finger. She wants the hen with the willy straws. She wants out of her parents’ house, although she’d miss Mammy turning on the electric blanket like clockwork and Daddy taking her car 'out for a spin' and bringing it back full of petrol. When a week in Tenerife with John doesn’t end with the expected engagement, Aisling calls a halt to things and soon she has surprised herself and everyone else by agreeing to move into a three-bed in Portobello with stylish Sadhbh from HR and her friend, the mysterious Elaine. Newly single and relocated to the big city, life is about to change utterly for this wonderful, strong, surprising and funny girl, who just happens to be a complete Aisling.©2017 Emer McLysaght and Sarah Breen (P)2018 W. F. Howes Ltd Contemporary Contemporary Romance Fiction Literature & Fiction Romance Romantic Comedy Women's Fiction Comedy Feel-Good Heartfelt Witty
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this book surprised me, wasn't a book I'd have picked but was my Book Club selection. I'm from Ireland so it resonated a lot with me as Aishling is SOOO country Irish! I laughed and cried no end reading it - a tonic!

OMG - absolutely loved it!

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This book is fab!

I usually find a sole narrator quite monotonous but Amy McAllister is superb at bringing the different characters to life.

The story keeps you interested throughout and has a good combination of humour and substance.

I would definitely recommend it!

A great listen

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I came to this through a Griefcast episode featuring one of the authors and was very pleasantly surprised. It is easy listening, and the narrator is a delight. At the same time Aisling's character and relationships are really well developed so it had depth beyond the usual bubblegum read. It was surpringly gripping - found myself 'getting my steps in' walking the three miles to and from work to hear more. It was also genuinely sad and touching. I won't add spoilers for anyone who hasn't heard the Griefcast, but there are elements that mirror experiences the author had and I found myself welling up at certain points. They apparently took 10 years creating Aisling, and that plays out in how believable she is. The elements of the author's real life trauma that have been played out through Aisling set this well above the usual chic lit. Have already downloaded the next.

Funny, touching and a cut above

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Loved this book, couldn’t wait to hear about her escapades. It just made me laugh, with unexpected little snippets here and there. Not just funny but touching too.
Brilliant

Hilariously hilarious

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I really enjoyed my time with Aisling in this book, and for that I think thanks is of course due to the authors Emer McLysaght and Sarah Breen, but also to Amy McAllister, the narrator, who brought this novel to life with great depth of character and recognisable voices!! I picked up this book as a 29 year old, and I could easily relate to Aisling’s “what am I doing with my life?” doubts, however never having been to Ireland myself, I loved the setting and the culture!! I also loved the Irish-isms and learnt some new phrases.

I was delighted to find out that a film is in the works and that there are already other books in this series: The importance of being Aisling, and Once, Twice, Three times an Aisling.
I also discovered that the whole thing came about from a Facebook page the two authors created talking about a typical type of Irish girl: the Aisling! So now I’m off to check it out! Laters!

Funny, warm, touching... brilliantly read!

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