Mothers' boys

The attack on fifteen-year-old Joe Kennedy was particularly squalid and vicious.

Sheila Armstrong's grandson Leo, usually a quiet, well-behaved boy, was found holding a knife.

Harriet Kennedy cannot cope with her son's continuing pain; Sheila, who reared Leo, cannot bear the lasting guilt.

In a powerful and moving tale of suffering and forgiveness, the two women confront the complex range of emotions that motherhood entails.