![]() Eileen was a social outcast in primary and secondary school, and her older sister Lola was mean to her. Eileen is an editorial assistant at a literary magazine. Meanwhile, in Dublin, Eileen Lydon (Alice's best friend), 29, meets up with a family friend, Simon Costigan, for coffee. The date is awkward and the two don't quite hit it off. Alice is a novelist who is new in town and who has published a successful book, and Felix is a warehouse worker. ![]() The book opens in a village a few hours away from Dublin with Alice Kelleher meeting a man from Tinder, Felix Brady, at a bar. ![]() The couples end up together and the women forge a stronger friendship. In the end, both couples (and the women) are able to be more vulnerable with one another. Alice and Eileen also have tension in their friendship, since each feels they care more than the other does. Simon, too, doesn't really pursue Eileen (even though he has always loved her), saying that she pushes people away. Felix initially resists a relationship with Alice, saying that she likes him behaving poorly towards her so that she can be morally superior. She starts a casual relationship with Simon, a handsome childhood friend. ![]() Meanwhile, Eileen is an editorial assistant at a literary magazine in Dublin. ![]() She starts seeing Felix, a warehouse worker she met off Tinder. Alice is a successful novelist who has recently had a nervous breakdown. The one-paragraph version: Alice and Eileen are best friends from college, both 29 or 30-ish. ![]()
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