The thorny relationship between a woman and her retired father worsens after he becomes romantically involved with the housekeeper she hires for him.

In 1950s Ireland and New York, young Eilis Lacey has to choose between two men and two countries.

Set in 1990s Belfast, a woman is forced to betray all she believes in for the sake of her son.

Maeve returns home to Belfast after a long absence. Her arrival in the city stimulates a series of memories of childhood and adolescence both in herself and other people.

Seventeen and pregnant, Felicia travels to England in search of her lover and is found instead by Joseph Ambrose Hilditch, a helpful catering manager whose kindness masks unsettling secret.

Five unmarried sisters make the most of their simple existence in rural Ireland in the 1930s.