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"...The title story describes a few days in the life of a Catholic widow, residing in a Protestant neighborhood, who receives a threatening letter: "Get out or we'll burn you out." Each skillfully rendered portrait of an ordinary Irish woman celebrates the extraordinary inner strength necessary to survive the emotional and physical poverty often engendered by this frequently embittered tradition."
(J.L., p. 250)