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  • Published: 15 November 2018
  • ISBN: 9781405938235
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 400

The Importance of Being Aisling




The hilarious follow-up to the smash-hit romantic comedy Oh My God, What a Complete Aisling - already a Number One bestseller in Ireland

Job. Flat. Boyfriend. Tick. Tick. Tick.
Just when Aisling (seems) to be winning at life, she discovers it has other ideas:
Fired. Homeless. Dumped. Tick. Tick. Tick.
As her new life comes crashing down, Aisling is forced to move back home to Ballygobbard and her mam.
Is this the end of the world?
Or might returning to her roots remind this small-town girl just what she'd lost in the big city?

  • Published: 15 November 2018
  • ISBN: 9781405938235
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 400

About the authors

Emer McLysaght

Emer McLysaght is the former editor of The Daily Edge and has worked extensively in journalism and radio.

Sarah Breen

Sarah Breen is a journalist whose work has appeared in Stellar, Image, U, the Irish Independent and The Gloss.

Praise for The Importance of Being Aisling

Oh lads! This book! There aren't enough words for how much I love it. It's feicin' HILAIRE and very touching

Marian Keyes

If I had a book of the year award for 2017 it would go to Oh My God, What a Complete Aisling . . . It left me giggling at some pages and sobbing at others

Sinead Crowley

One of my fave novels of 2017. It really does remind me of Marian Keyes

Louise O'Neill

This hilarious and heart-warming book had us alternately laughing and crying. The year's funniest book to date

Hello

A runaway success . . . it's an uplifting romcom that combines elements of Bridget Jones and Four Weddings with Father Ted

Kirsty Lang, BBC Radio 4 Front Row

Aisling is an absolute gem of a character and this book is a breath of fresh air

Sun

With witty dialogue, sharp observations and piles of humour, this is a riot of a read, but with plenty of depth, too - we found ourselves choking up as well as, erm . . . peeing with laughter

Heat, The Funny One

It's sweet and it's funny and it's moving and it's perfect

The Pool

An utter ray of sunshine

Red

Excellent craic that will have you shedding a tear as well as laughing your socks off

Fabulous

Both Aisling and the novel have a great big thumping heart

Sunday Times

I've spent the last forty-eight hours laughing my head off at this novel . . . but it's not just comic, there's a real heart to it and it's often very moving

John Boyne

The funniest, warmest, loveliest book I've read in so long. The characters are so hilarious and relatable, I laughed non-stop and genuinely didn't want it to end

Lucy Vine

One of the funniest books I've read in twenty years

Paul Howard

Praise for Oh My God, What a Complete Aisling

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This hilarious Irish bestseller, which came to life via a viral Facebook page, follows country girl Aisling as she moves from her hometown to big city living in Dublin. She's sweet, a little clueless but a force to be reckoned with

Buzzfeed

You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll want to invest in a shumper (though not for going OUT OUT) and as soon as you've finished it, you'll want to reread this hilarious novel, which will also get you in the right feels

Red Online

Hilarious . . . A well-crafted tale with warmth and emotion

Woman Magazine

My unofficial autobiography

Aisling Bea

This quickfire tragi-comedy is bursting with clever one-liners and acute observations

Sunday Express

Her voice leaps off the page . . . it's this depth of character and eye for detail that makes comparisons with Helen Fielding's Bridget Jones series spot-on

Independent

Funny and touching . . . we fell in love with the heroine of Oh My God What a Complete Aisling, about a small-town girl in Dublin

Good Housekeeping

Hilariously funny, but often very moving too. Aisling is the real Voice of Ireland

John Boyne

Incredibly funny, warm, fabulous, how do they do it?

Marian Keyes

Should come with a health warning. Ten pages in my face hurts from grinning and my neck hurts from nodding along in recognition at the universal wisdoms. There's a smile in every page, some genuinely hilarious moments, and so much heart. The Importance of Being Aisling is a day-maker - the cure for cynicism, Trump and whatever else ails you

Sunday Independent

It's like a hug in a book

Buzzfeed

Hailed as the Irish answer to Bridget Jones . . . it's stuffed with laughs

Daily Mail

With its ability to have you laughing out loud one minute and crying the next, this is a joyful, emotional, heartfelt, hilarious romp of a novel

Heat

Aisling is the perfect heroine for these strange times we live in. They say that we get the heroes we deserve, so we must have all done something pretty amazing to live in the Age Of Aisling

Sarra Manning, Red Online

Just as charming as its predecessor. Funny and human, Aisling is already queen of Irish comic fiction. Long may she reign

i (The paper for today)

Hilarious and life-affirming, this is just the book to banish the winter blues

Red (Best books of 2018)

A gift of both books this Christmas will see the recipient barely stir from reading for days

Sunday Independent (Ireland)

Another funny and lovable take on everyone's favourite small-town girl Aisling. A highly entertaining and absorbing addition to your bookshelves

Sunday Business Post

Every Irish person knows an Aisling, and there is nothing more delightful than recognising something familiar being projected back at you through a novel. While the books are both extremely funny, they also reflect a period in Irish culture and centre around a heartwarming story for Aisilings of the ages

Image Magazine

This duo's beloved Irish heroine is back with a bang . . . Brilliantly funny, with a lead character you can easily see yourself in

Woman's Weekly