← Mary LavinTales from Bective Bridgeby Mary LavinShort story collection set in rural Ireland featuring ordinary livesFind on Amazon↗About the authorMary LavinLavin was an Irish-American short story writer who spent most of her adult life in Ireland and became one of the finest practitioners of the form in the twentieth century. Her stories of Irish provincial and Dublin life have a Chekhovian depth.More by Mary LavinThe Long Ago→A Single Lady→At Sally Gap→The Shrine→