'Bhí Eilí in ann focail áirithe a dhéanamh amach anois; focail ghránna, mhaslacha a cloiseadh sí ó dhaoine sna bailte móra ó am go cheile; focail a bhain léise agus lena cineal, agus a chuir uafas uirthi. Chaithfeadh sí teitheadh ó na focail sin agus ó na daoine dorcha, dainséireacha sin a bhí á scairteadh léi... chaithfeadh sí rith.' Ciníochas ceilte in Éirinn an lae inniu is cúlra don úrscéal seo le Colmán Ó Raghallaigh faoin gcairdeas a fhásann idir bheirt chailíní óga ó dhá chúlra éagsúla agus a thugann dúshlán na muintire lena mbaineann siad beirt.

'Eilí was now able to work out certain words; harsh, abusive words she occasionally heard from people in the towns; words that were kind to her, and kind, and made her feel worse. She had to flee those words and those dark, dangerous people shouting at her ... she had to run. ' Hidden racism in modern Ireland is the backdrop to Colmán Ó Raghallaigh's novel about the friendship that grows between two young girls from two different backgrounds and challenges the families they belong to.