Blood Relations

The sequel to Across the Bitter Sea, Blood Relations chronicles the painful birth of twentieth-century Ireland. "Eilís Dillon has recaptured all the essence of the time when a nation [was] struggling back into the light... It is a very wide canvas and all the major figures of the day are part of the story's background - De Valera, Michael Collins, Pearse and Connolly, but Eilís Dillon has again shown her complete mastery of the art of telling a story and infusing it with the breath of life." (Cork Examiner)