An Irishwoman's Tale
Mary Freeman's earliest memory has tainted her entire life: An old oaken table, moon-shaped faces guzzling bitter tea, cups and cups of the steaming stuff, asking what's to be done with the little eejit-her. Mary's life has taken her a long way from the family that didn't want her, and a long way from her Irish home, to the Midwest United States. Now married with two teenage daughters, Mary's loneliness and torment are as acute as ever.