A Moment in Time

Mairead O’Driscoll

We meet sensible Laura, who’s happily married to Barry. Happy, except for one thing. They can’t have children and have suffered repeated failed courses of IVF. There’s Donal, two years younger, who changes his girlfriend almost as often as he changes his socks. Why can’t he settle and start to take life seriously?

Laura and Donal are close. And they’re united in their exasperation with their adopted younger sister, Orla. Naturally bossy, the mum of twins is constantly criticising the older two. But is her affluent existence and her marriage to Gavin really as perfect as she likes to believe?