The riots, mass protests, bombings, deaths and injuries of this time in Irish history can metaphorically be seen as shadows on the skin of the Irish people. The Irish Republican Army (IRA), the most active republican paramilitary group during the Troubles, sought to end British rule in Northern Ireland, to facilitate Irish reunification and to bring about an independent, socialist republic for all of Ireland. Her relationship with the two sons is interwoven into the story. Into the picture is drawn a young teacher. Whether the IRA should be backed or not divides the family. The other sides with his father and is eager to fight the British in Northern Ireland.
One is strongly attached to the mother who despises the fighting. It circles around a family of four-a bitter, resentful mother and wife, her shattered husband crippled by and at the same time sustained by heroic memories of his earlier involvement in the fight for Irish independence, and their two sons. This is a book of historical fiction drawing a picture of life in Derry, Northern Ireland, during the Troubles.
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