The Mess We're In : An immersive story of music, friendship and finding your own rhythm, from the Sunday Times bestselling author

'Glorious . . . So brilliant on being young, skint, ambitious and hopeful in London.My heart ached with identification, I loved it' MARIAN KEYES'A heady mix of thrills and heartbreak . . . I enjoyed it so so much' GRAHAM NORTON'Macmanus writes with remarkable verve and wisdom . . . She has created easily my favourite character of recent years' LOUISE KENNEDYI'm a Londoner now.I'm a voice in the noise. I'm ready. It's the turn of the millennium and, landing in London with nothing but her CD collection and demo tape, Orla Quinn moves into a squalid Kilburn house with her best mate and a band called Shiva. Orla wants to make music, but juggling two jobs and partying every night isn't helping.Back in Ireland her parents' marriage has crumbled, she's not speaking to her father, and her mother and sister are drinking too much. While Orla's own dreams seem to be going nowhere, Shiva are on the brink of something big.But as the hype around the band intensifies, so does the hedonism, and relati