title: Who's Irish?: Stories
author:  Gish Jen 
description: "Jen's gift is for comedy that resonates, and sadnesses that arise with perfect timing from absurdities.Her subject matter is so appealing, it almost obscures the power and suppleness of her language."<i>The New York Times Book Review</i><br /><br />"Gish Jen's fiction is always engaging, always necessary."<i>Newsday<br /><br /></i>Nobodys having more fun with American diversity than Gish Jen. . . . One of the greatest charms of her fiction is her position as a bemused chronicler . . . of the hugely comic potential in human nature. <i>The Boston Globe<br /><br /></i>"Sparkling<i></i>a gently satiric look at the American Dream and its fallout on those who pursue it."<i><i>The New York Times<br /><br /></i></i>"Tender and funny . . . vibrant and courageous."<i><i>San Francisco Chronicle</i><br /></i>
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  Girl Targeted
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Val Collins
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents are
  products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously and are not to
  be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, organisations
  or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
  
  
  
  All rights reserved
  
  © Val Collins 2017
  
  
  
  
  ### The main character in this book is Aoife. This is a very common Irish name
  and is pronounced ‘Eee-fah’.
  
  ### For further information on names/terms that are uniquely Irish, check out
  my website at [ www.valcollinsbooks.com ](http://www.valcollinsbooks.com)
  
  
  Contents
  
  [ONE](text00005.html#_idTextAnchor001)
  
  [TWO](text00006.html#_idTextAnchor013)
  
  [THREE](text00007.html#_idTextAnchor014)
  
  [FOUR](text00008.html#_idTextAnchor018)
  
  [FIVE](text00009.html#_idTextAnchor023)
  
  [SIX](text00010.html#_idTextAnchor027)
  
  [SEVEN](text00011.html#_idTextAnchor030)
  
  [EIGHT](text00012.html#_idTextAnchor037)
  
  [NINE](text000