A subpoena was
served on Boston College in Massachusetts to get secret documents
locked in the university archives. The information detailed incidents
about what happened during The Troubles in Northern Ireland.
Catholics and Protestants were locked in a struggle for control.
Youngsters, doing the bidding of the IRA (Irish Republican Army),
planted bombs and carried out murders. It was an horrific time that
few outside Ireland understand.
The book opens with
the abduction and murder of Jean McConville, thirty-eight-year-old
mother of ten. However, this is not a true crime book. After the
introduction to Jean we hear nothing more until nearly the end of the
book. The intervening chapters detail the bitter conflict. We learn
of terrorist activities and get to meet some of the actors, like the
Price sisters and other members of the IRA. Although there are a
great many characters, the book is well written and easy to follow.
I highly recommend
this book. It is the history of a terrible period in Northern
Ireland. Before reading it, I knew very little about The Troubles.
This book paints a picture of how society was torn apart and people
committed acts that haunted them for their entire lives.
I received this book
from Net Galley for this review.
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