"What Dreams Are Made of" is the life and love story of Edna McCabe, Assumption Road, Athlone, Co. Westmeath, Ireland. Her book tells of moving as a child from married quarters Portobello Barracks, Dublin, to Claremount Street and then on to Rathmines. She visits Portsmouth, England and Newbrook Race Course Mullingar. This book tells of life in 1940s Athlone.