소개
Initially the context of the story is the conflict in Ireland and in some ways the troublesof Lorna and her family reflect that situation. Lorna Donnelly is the eldest in a familyof four children: Catholics living in a Loyalist region of Belfast. The story originates at thetime of the first IRA ceasefire and culminates about the time of the Peace Accord some37 years later. Mr. Donnelly is killed by the IRA and his wife decides to migrate withher children to England.