'Take three generations of women given to impulse-mating ... colourfully entertaining.' -- Terry Prone, Irish Independent 'O'Neill has a strong sense of place and wonderful descriptive powers - so lively that one can almost smell the rashers sizzling or feel the heat of the lush Wicklow meadows.' -- Maureen Cairnduff in the Irish Independent on Turn 'A dramatic plot, very believable human characters. Their emotions and reactions are so true, irrepressible and natural.' -- Katie Donovan (Turn of the Tide) 'Great dialogue and terrific set pieces, all the hallmarks of Joan O'Neil's writing.' -- Julie Parsons in the Sunday Independent (A House F 'A compelling sense of storytelling.' -- Woman's Way 'A touching and humerous story...O'Neills inspired depiction of places and characters will transport you into a different wordl from the very start' -- The Irish World on PERFECTLY IMPOSSIBLE 20020823 Joan O'Neill takes the most ordinary, everyday, trivial details of life and by ordering them in a certain way elevates them to the level of art. This is life as we know it.' -- Robert Dunbar, The Gay Byrne Show 20020823 'A heavenly book! Every character is perfectly created and there is lots of the unexpected too. Yes, a tremendous book.' -- South Wales Chronicle 20020823 "A most incredible book...Tremendous read by any standard." -- Joan Stockdale, North Wales Chronicle. 20030318
