With no immediate family to live for, Joseph is haunted by a past he has tried, for decades, to forget - if not actively obscure with drink and drugs Suffering the hangover from hell - the dry spell over - he walks away from his present life and boards a boat bound for Ireland to confront hazy, fear-inducing memories from a childhood spent in the care system that hes had to forget Emotionally and physically wrecked, Joseph reunites with an incredulous Anna Helen Behan, This is England 八八 and 九0 , the sister he hasnt seen since childhood Anna persuades her wary husband Michael Frank Laverty Michael Collins to let Joseph stay and give him work in the family-owned building company There, Joseph is forced to directly confront the demons of his past when he comes face to face with Craigy Mark OHalloran , a shadowy figure who is dogged by dark rumors, and who wont leave Joseph alone Josephs precarious family reunion is further complicated when he is immediately drawn to