Rosaleen summons her four adult children to a final Christmas in their old home on Ireland's west coast. Reluctantly they arrive, Dan who is gay from NY, aid-worker Emmet from Mali, Hanna a resting actress with her baby from Dublin and Constance mother-of-three who stayed behind. Almost immediately they revert to their sibling roles, each vying for attention from a mother who never quite knew how to love. It's funny, sad, gossipy and painfully true.
(Jenny Baker - bwl 81 Summer 2016 ) |
