Laura Marney je uznávaná autorka, která přispívá do literární scény jako členka prestižní skupiny Glasgow G7. Její tvorba, zahrnující romány i povídky, se vyznačuje jedinečnou směsí černého humoru a moderních témat, což ji odlišuje od běžné produkce. Marney nejenže píše pro divadlo a rozhlas, ale také předává své zkušenosti studentům tvůrčího psaní na univerzitě v Glasgowě, kde nyní působí jako pedagožka. Její styl obohacuje současnou literaturu o provokativní a vtipné postřehy.
Everyone's on antidepressants, suffering from Post Romantic Stress Disorder, especially Daphne, who's just been dumped by lily-livered Donnie. Being unhappy is embarrassing, and therefore intolerable, and so everyone's secretly on the happy pills.
Lack of funds force Trisha, an unsentimental lonely boozer Iving in Glasgow, to return to her previous profession as a pharmaceutical rep, pouring tea and telling jokes to sad burnt-out GPs. The only good news is that Steven, her increasingly distant teenage son, is about to move back in with her. The bad news is that Bob, her ex-husband, wants the house. Trisha's mind is unexpectedly made up when she inherits a place in the Highlands. Having pictured a rural idyll, she finds rain, sheep, a jaywalking dog and kamikaze midges. And more rain. Her social life is so limited that she even contemplates joining the Inversnechty Mental Health Awareness Group just for the craic. Then three nurses on holiday leave from Saudi invite Trisha to a ceilidh. A night of whisky-fuelled high jinks with a frozen salmon ensues which leads to a significant encounter with Spider, the local Lothario, and a dramatic discovery that will change Trisha's future forever.