--Irish Book of the Year Finalist!
--An Amazon Best Books of the Year So Far pick!
Wildly funny. --THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW
Inventive, funny and, ultimately, moving. --Claire Kilroy, THE
GUARDIAN
Vivian doesn't feel like she fits in--and never has. As a child, she was
so whimsical that her parents told her she was left by fairies. Now,
living alone in Dublin, she finds herself without a friend in the world.
So, she decides it's time to change her life: She begins by advertising
for a friend. Not just any friend. She wants one named Penelope.
Meanwhile, Vivian roams the city, mapping out a new neighborhood every
day, seeking her escape route to a better world, the other world her
parents told her she came from.
And then one day someone named Penelope answers her ad for a friend. And
from that moment on, Vivian's life begins to change.
Debut author Caitriona Lally offers readers an exhilaratingly fresh take
on the Irish love for lyricism, humor, and inventive wordplay in a book
that is, in itself, deeply charming, and deeply moving.