Next episode in the series that talks about hope and support of individuals, Katie emerged well in Longing for Home and Sarah M. Eden made her a figure that stood tall. Here Tavish O’ Connor has some personal affairs to deal with, his issues are not global but enough to make his life go round. The lad for years has been bearing the burden of the family without raising any issue and this is because he is sincere to his family. Besides earning for the family budget he also has a blind brother to take care of.
Finbarr lost his eyesight at an early age because of an accident and since then he has been in that miserable state. The elder brother tries to provide his younger brother all the facilities of life but he is still unable to provide him the one thing he needs the most i.e a silver lining in life.
Finbarr lives in constant depression because of his loss and at this point Cecily enters the story, a girl who has gone through such circumstances in her life and now tries to help other. As she moves into the Irish town she comes to know that the town is not that friendly to an English lady and the two brothers prove to be the most stubborn people she ever met.
Just like Friends and Foes the novel takes us through different emotional worlds in the voice of Nancy Peterson. Nancy is the only one in the whole wide world who possesses the skill to deal with the Irish and the English style at the same time.