We Can't All be Heroes, You Know

" ... Rosaleen faces danger of another kind: trapped by motherhood at twenty, her youth giving way to fear and hopelessness, she risks and betrays all in a confrontation with a British soldier who is torn by doubts about his presence in Belfast. In this vivid, arresting novel, Linda Anderson confronts the Troubles in Northern Ireland head-on, with startling intensity. ... From the bookjacket.