With sincere tenderness and heartache on behalf of the hero Michael, the author reveals the life of her family: her mother, sisters, uncle and father, who is an eternal traveler and dreamer.
The action takes place in 1936, on the day before Lughnasa, that is, the holiday of fertility, procreation, a festive start of harvesting. On the first of August, full families went out to the fields to eat the first fruits, arrange a banquet outdoors,...
With sincere tenderness and heartache on behalf of the hero Michael, the author reveals the life of her family: her mother, sisters, uncle and father, who is an eternal traveler and dreamer.
The action takes place in 1936, on the day before Lughnasa, that is, the holiday of fertility, procreation, a festive start of harvesting. On the first of August, full families went out to the fields to eat the first fruits, arrange a banquet outdoors, have fun and dance.
The author, as a true Irishman, is concerned that his lineage becomes extinct because his aunts, beautiful, spiritual women, have lived their entire lives obeying puritan restrictions. They didn't even let themselves have the slightest joy of participating in Lughnasa because it is immodest behavior. Their dreams remain dreams.
