From Kirkus Reviews
All Alcoholics Are Charmers ($18.95 paperback original; Oct. 4; 62 pp.; 0-85646-304-3) is a pleasant collection of verse by a young Irishwoman who was trained as a radiologist and has also published novels (The Midnight Feast, 1996; The Glass Mountain, 1997neither reviewed). The Celtic atmosphere of weather, religion, and misunderstanding is evoked in nearly every line, although the author is above falling back on Irish caricature in her portraits. There are the usual recollections of a Catholic childhood (She said that she was sorry, / but it was hard / to take an interest in the world, / Heaven being such a fine place.), the drink (When he was dying / my mother was always / crying and waving / a bottle of Black Bushmills / just out of his reach.), and emigration (From a convent / to the boat, / and straight down / to Wards in Picadilly / with my big sister.) But Evans doesn't let herself fall into any of the nostalgic swamps that mark such territory. --
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Review
'Evans has immediate appeal, not being afraid to take risks, using throwaway lines with zany overtones... Narrative flows, humorous, outspoken, carrying the sting along with it... This is no inexperienced voice, and I greatly look forward to hearing more of her' - Leland Bardwell, Poetry Ireland Review
