The Chisellers

The Chisellers is the second novel in the bestselling Mrs. Browne trilogy, following The Mammy. In the Dublin working-class neighborhood known as The Jarro, it's the Browne clan against the world - and against the backstreet villains and white-collar emissaries of market forces that threaten to tear this upwardly aspiring family apart. The Browne brood is about to be relocated to the wilds of suburban Finglas when their tenement is demolished as part of an "Inner City Renewal Plan." With the help of her ambitious eldest boy and her persistent French suitor, Agnes copes with the ups and downs of rural life, one unscrupulous gangster, and the son who is well on his way to breaking his mother's heart.