I. Christmas 2013 - Herbert Place -- II. George Washington's bed - Upper Pembroke Street -- III. Grace Kelly's Dress - Merrion Square.

"Dublin's Georgian townhouses act as settings, characters and multilayered symbols in three compelling novellas, set after the financial crash of 2008. A young couple drift apart as they face the threat of losing their home. A wealthy widow is haunted by her perceived failure as a mother to a bland and money-grubbing son. A woman whose husband died just after their honeymoon becomes a recluse in her vast, inherited house, attended by grateful tenants who could otherwise not afford to live there.
Rooms stand for the characters' emotional ghosts, such as in the case of reclusive Maud, who avoids her opulent dining room where her wedding gifts are still unopened.
The houses have biographies as carefully plotted as their inhabitants. Described in vivid detail, the reconfiguration of interiors – from grand colonial residences to desirable flats, meager bedsits or modern mansions – chart developments in Ireland's troubled history.

A powerful study of the human cost of financial collapse." - The Lady Magazine, London.