Czeching in: From Dublin to a new life in Prague

Memoir - The Thing About Prague by Rachael Weiss, Allen & Unwin, pbk, 377 pages, €10.99Mary

Prague, home for several years to Rachael Weiss

Mary McGill

Prague, the Czech capital, a jewel by the river Vltava, is beloved of Irish stag parties craving cheap beer and starry-eyed couples on romantic weekend getaways .

But what would it be like to actually live there? In her newly published travel memoir The Thing About Prague, the now Dublin-based Australian author Rachael Weiss recounts with wit and admirable honesty her attempt to build a new life amid the cobbled streets and old-world charm of the city that stole her heart.