The book was labeled a multi-generational novel and I paused, envisioning a long and stuffy, winding-family-tree sort of affair. The humor and joy and laughter these women share elevates this story to a celebration of the world they live in. We watch Saoirse growing up from birth to motherhood, and while she appears initially to be the focus of the novel, the relationship between the older women upstages all else. The impassioned bonding holding this family together is unbreakable it is the delicacy of the book. The two older women fight constantly, trade barbs, weather hardships and tragedies– and love each other immensely. Eileen is a widow, living in Tipperary with her “spirited” mother-in-law Nana, and raising Saoirse– born the same day as her father died in an auto accident.
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