In this intense, realistic, and fast-paced novel, Peter King tells the story of Bernadette Hanlon, a Catholic housewife and mother of three. She"s the last person anyone would suspect of IRA involvement, but when her husband is threatened with a frame-up by the British government and an innocent girl is shot in the head during a peaceful demonstration, Bernadette sees joining the IRA as the only way to fight injustice.