One by One in the Darkness
General Fiction
2013
181
One by One in the Darkness follows a week in the lives of three sisters shortly before the start of the IRA ceasefire in 1994, undercut with the story of their childhood in Northern Ireland of the 1960s and 1970s. The history of both a family and a society, One by One in the Darkness confirms Deirdre Madden's reputation as one of Irish fiction's most outstanding talents.
An examination of the lives of three sisters and their mother in Belfast just before the IRA ceasefire and the murder of their father by Loyalists. It should make for an emotional read but I found it quite un-engaging. 
