Throughout What’s She Like, classically trained and sometime Dexys’ violinist Helen O’Hara, threads of what-might-have-been run alongside a pragmatic mindset. Despite what for many might be the core interest of the book (her time with Dexys) O’Hara tells her own story before and after her time with the group – declining an offer from the Bilbao Symphony Orchestra, taking a break from music for almost 25 years. We are pulled back, however, to her pop star years and her relationship with Rowland, which is discreetly handled.
