The theme is love. But the stories in this unusual collection by contemporary Irish women writers are as richly diverse as the Ireland of the 1990s. From the vantage points of rural villages and Dublin suburbs, from London, New York and Dallas, the authors explore the quest for marriage and its hidden shoals. Adultery, bigotry, even polygamy, dreams and deceit, loss of innocence, love-children, love betrayed and love triumphant.