April 1981
Brendan is called home by his terminally ill mother, hopefully to make amends. What he finds is he was lied to; Ma is still antagonistic to him. On top of this, Bobby Sands' hunger strike has driven Derry into near chaos.
But his younger sister, Maeve, is stretched to her limit because his younger brothers are focused on their own issues while his older brother is in prison and, to Brendan's horror, is being pushed to join the hunger strikers.
Maintaining as low a profile as possible, Brendan gives Maeve as much support as he can. But then Ma’s drug-addled ramblings lead him to wonder if his father's murder might have been sectarian in nature, instead of happenstance. He becomes desperate to find out the truth.
He also learns Joanna might still be alive...but cannot find a way to verify it.
Then Bobby Sands dies. Derry erupts in fury, and Brendan finds himself trapped in the chaos as the British Army comes looking for him. They believe he was involved in the bombing that nearly killed him.
And once again, Brendan sees there is no safe place for him.
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