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But when she gets embroiled in a crisis involving stolen money, Aggie soon realises there are some problems you can't run away from. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePauline trained as an actor, and her first professional job was playing Lizzie in the film of Irvine Welsh's novel \u003ci\u003eTrainspotting\u003c\/i\u003e. After having a baby, Pauline completed her first stage play, \u003ci\u003ePromise\u003c\/i\u003e. Her second play, \u003ci\u003eKing of the Gypsies\u003c\/i\u003e, played at the Edinburgh fringe and then toured. 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It's a sharp and compelling tale that doesn't flinch from the big questions.'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eThomas Legendre\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Donnelly family are a tight-knit bunch, but when one of their own dies suddenly, the mother, the daughter-in-law, and the daughter, despite being united in grief, are each sent hurtling in wildly different directions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom the churches of Glasgow to the nightclubs of London, can they find their way back to each other before it's too late? 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