Thin air

The Keanes seem a happy enough family - they live on the beautiful west coast of Ireland, the children are doing well and their business trading horses is successful. However, when Martina does not return home, the family's apparent unity is shattered and each member is isolated in their confusion. Martina's parents blame each other: her father grows angry and refuses to accept his wife's sense that they failed Martina. As the days drag by, there begins a realisation that she may never return and that the mystery could remain unsolved. Slowly, the Keanes build a life without Martina, but with a new awareness and sensitivity toward each other. With haunting descriptions of the magic and history of the Irish landscape, Thin Air is a lyrical and evocative study of how a family can survive and renew itself in the face of a painful breakdown.