Fragmented by Pete McHugh spans a tumultuous period for a peacekeeping family from 1984 to 1996, set against the backdrop of the Lebanese civil war and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict Pete McHugh: born in Jerusalem Families are messy at the best of times. Even the dullest have unresolved tensions and smouldering rivalries. If filial love somehow manages to hold them together when they are apart, it can quickly threaten to rip them asunder whenever they gather to do the most basic of things, like break bread.
The Hogans are anything other than dull, and when Pete McHugh collects them into one room at the Sandymount family home for a family meal, the tension could be cut with a knife. Join the Irish Independent WhatsApp channel Stay up to date with all the latest news.
