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forty Is Fabulous For Tessa Craig. Heck, She Has It All - A Glamorous Job As A Political Speechwriter, A Manhattan Duplex, And A Handsome Boyfriend, Congressman David Weyburn, Whose Integrity, Charisma, And Good Looks Have Made Him His Party's Rising Star. But Her Fabulosity Fizzles When Scandal Strikes, And Tessa Watches Helplessly As Her Seemingly Happy Love Life And Successful Career Collapse Like A House Of Cards. Tessa Realizes It's Time To Embark On A New Journey, One She Should Have Made A Long Time Ago. It's A Trip That Takes Her To The Emerald Isle And Back, Leading Her Heart In Unimagined Directions. She Makes New Friends, Unexpectedly Adopts A New Family (or Do They Adopt Her?), And Discovers Unanticipated Love With Silver-tongued, Green-eyed, Aspiring Pub Owner, Jamie Doyle. And, Most Importantly, Tessa Makes That Uphill Climb Over The Rainbow To Find The Ultimate Pot Of Gold: herself . publishers Weekly forty-year-old Tessa Craig Has Been Congressman David Weyburn's Speechwriter By Day And Lover By Night For Three Years. So After David Dumps Her (he Says He Needs To Be Alone), She Takes A Short Trip To Dublin And Realizes She'd Fallen In Love With The Magical Semi-fiction Of David's Dashing Public Persona (that, As His Speechwriter, She'd Helped Create). She Also Quickly Finds Another Man: Jamie Doyle, A Fisherman Who Alternately Cracks One-liners And Drops Kernels Of Yeatsian Wisdom. Although Carroll ( spin Doctor ) Throws Obstacles In The Way, She Leaves No Doubt That Tessa And Jamie Are Fated Never Mind That Tessa Is A Lapsed Jew And Jamie Has A Ferociously Possessive And Traditionally Catholic Mother, Maureen. Jamie Follows Tessa Back To New York, And The Story Culminates In Tessa's Run For David's Congressional Seat After He's Sidelined By A Heart Attack. Politics Proves Punishing, Especially After Maureen And Jamie's Sister Arrive On Tessa's Manhattan Doorstep To Reclaim Jamie And The new York Post publishes Steamy Excerpts From Tessa's Purloined Diary. Though Carroll Tends To Let Her Scenes Run On Too Long, Her Endearingly Quirky Cast And (mostly) Snappy Dialogue Should Keep Readers Rooting For Tessa Up To The Tears-of-joy Ending. (mar.) copyright 2006 Reed Business Information. The author of "Play Dates" tackles the classic conversational taboos--sex, politics, religion, and the merits of "Star Trek"--In a delightful new novel full of New York wit and Irish charm Title from PDF title page (viewed on May 10, 2007).