It is 1974 and Rossa Fox and his family have been caught up in the violence that has torn the city of Belfast apart. His father has been jailed for his part in an IRA bombing, and when his home is attacked and burned out his mother decides to move the family to County Clare.
John Quinn is a much-loved broadcaster and radio producer who was the recipient of numerous prestigious radio awards during his twenty-five years with RTÉ. He is also an accomplished author and writer of fiction and non-fiction, including 'Letters to Olive', an intimate and inspiring book, written as a tribute to his late wife. A skilful and engaging storyteller, his children’s novel, The Summer of Lily and Esme, was described as an instant classic and won the 1992 Bisto Children Book of the Year. John Quinn lives in Clarinbridge, Co. Galway.