Catholic school teacher Cushla and protestant lawyer Michael fall in love in Belfast in the midst of the Troubles. Kennedy writes with absolute conviction of their attempts to carve out happiness in the shadow of hatred and violence. Cushla helping the deprived school child Davey, Michael defending wrongly accused Catholic youth, both attempting to bring normal goodness into a hellish world. Can it end happily? I won't give away the ending of this extremely moving story.
(Annabel Bedini - bwl 109 Summer 2023 ) |
