Original sentence: McGovern (perhaps best known as the creator of Brit TV crime drama Cracker) adapted his own novel The Back Crack Boys into this emotionally raw meditation on innocence and pain
Edited sentence: But all this is just a microcosm of a more general breakdown.His father (Ian Hart) loses his job when the shipyard he works for closes.His uncle secretly attends meetings with socialists.Liam stutters badly under stress, and his strict religious education does not help.Liam's father joins a group of fascists, who rail against rich Jews and cheap Irish labour.Life becomes increasingly more insecure and people retreat ever more desperately into their own belief systems.McGovern (perhaps best known as the creator of British TV crime drama Cracker) adapted his own novel The Back Crack Boys into this emotionally raw meditation on innocence and pain.Meanwhile his sister Teresa (Megan Burns) has taken a job as maid for the wealthy Jewish family who own the shipyard.Set in Liverpool in the Depression of the 1930s, the story is told through the eyes of Liam (Anthony Borrows), who is taking religious instruction lessons in preparation for his First Communion; his mother (Claire Hackett) is a staunch Roman Catholic.The Jewish lady of the house that Teresa works for is having an affair, and the girl becomes an accomplice.This only leads to increasing conflict, leading inexorably to violence