It strikes me (a Brit) that several of these reviews miss the important point that Rose Coyne, the mother and 'Mistress,' is ENGLISH, not from Northern Ireland -- and therefore is an outsider in the village almost as much as the Americans are. Early references make it clear that she met her husband in England. It is also worth noting that at the time (1943), although the border with the south (Irish Free State to the Brits, a neutral in the war) was still open (and the Doctor's son a student at TCD in Dublin), the fishermen are, we presume, Catholics who do not support the British war effort (references to 'your lot').
Review of My Mother and Other Strangers
