Three Wise Men

Three Wise Men
Martina Devlin

A warm, witty and wise novel about love, friendship and being in your thirties.Gloria, Eimear and Kate have been friends since they were a trio of six-year-olds cast as the Three Wise Men in the nativity play.Twenty-five years on, they’ve left Omagh for Dublin and grown up to be Three Unwise Women, all too prone to misuse the gifts they’ve been given. Eimear’s beauty captivates men but robs her of independence. Kate’s dazzling wit blinds her to the consequences of betraying a friend. And Gloria’s urge to nurture, thwarted by infertility, threatens to destroy everything she holds dear.Aided and abetted in their misdeeds by the irresistible Jack, philandering poet and seducer extraordinaire, the troika find themselves putting their friendship to a test from which it may never recover.To this black comedy Martina Devlin brings a delightful lightness of touch, a turn of phrase to treasure, and three characters to take to your heart.

MARTINA DEVLIN

THREE WISE MEN

DEDICATION (#ubf22c53d-a6ae-522a-9e8f-e7495d36e124)

For my parents, Frank and Bridie Devlin, who always make me feel the centre of their universe

CONTENTS

Cover (#ueb339a40-7b0b-51bd-957b-12749145f19e)

Title Page (#u045a474b-0b90-56cb-9518-9cd3554ef776)

Dedication (#u737d3e9a-d266-5b16-8ba5-a6f0cedee6f5)

Part One

Chapter 1 (#ulink_1809228f-59e8-56e5-8ba8-571170f0dc44)

Chapter 2 (#ulink_d0126a60-918f-5b27-ad7e-6d5576c22e5e)

Chapter 3 (#ulink_e51b8cbc-e206-58a2-8584-e1a0b3b0f745)

Chapter 4 (#ulink_6bba739b-7cfd-5e1b-9241-cff36c51b177)

Chapter 5 (#ulink_9a745cd9-5d06-585d-8e58-106ff616af43)

Chapter 6 (#ulink_3f9888ea-c6b1-5b48-b888-d7cfcffc89f3)

Chapter 7 (#ulink_a9121f20-129b-5649-86f8-430492c854e4)

Chapter 8 (#ulink_0a8924f1-96e4-521d-9771-cd2996edb5de)

Chapter 9 (#ulink_04ad91d4-e207-5a3a-88f9-d812ec0f7812)

Chapter 10 (#ulink_b0058cd9-c175-5ccc-95dd-ecfb3fa86673)

Part Two

Chapter 11 (#ulink_eab3c8bb-f706-52a3-999e-15a1134f969f)

Chapter 12 (#ulink_42f764c2-51c7-5cd9-9b56-5f91a1498bd6)

Chapter 13 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 14 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 15 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 16 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 17 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 18 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 19 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 20 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 21 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 22 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 23 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 24 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 25 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 26 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 27 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 28 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 29 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 30 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 31 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 32 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 33 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 34 (#litres_trial_promo)

Part Three

Chapter 35 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 36 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 37 (#litres_trial_promo)