Title: Desire and pursuit
Description: Ann Halpin has always believed she was born into the wrong family. The nouveau-riche values of her bookmaker father, Joss, and his name-dropping wife Moya disturb and embarrass her. For her aloofness and superior air her parents punish her. After enduring horrors, she decides upon revenge.
Subjects: Fiction, Social conditions
Places: Ireland
Time periods: 20th century