Suddenly Single - Sheila O'Flanagan

When you are brought down to earth with a bump do you go suddenly suicidal? Suddenly sex-crazed? Or simply slump into self-pity? Alix Callaghan, who thought she was in control of her busy life, feels like doing all three when her long-term boyfriend insists on settling down to a sensible existence - complete with children, proper meals and early nights - but without her. Little by little, though, she begins to think there might be more to the single life than the first shock of rejection suggests...