Mary McDonough portrays three generations of women in a modern Irish-American family as they navigate marriage, motherhood, and independence . . . The Fitzgibbons have long been the backbone of Oliver?s Well, Virginia. Matriarch Mary Bernadette is still striking and tireless at seventy-five, with a generous heart that belies her often sharp tongue. Her husband, Paddy, owns the local landscaping business, daughter Grace is a nun, and son Pat and his wife Megan are successful lawyers. Everything Mary Bernadette cherishes is in Oliver?s Well. But below the surface, there are fractures.,
