Frank是个侏儒。故事从Frank写了本自传小说开始，穿插着倒叙他妈妈Bernadette一生的故事。　　Bernadette是个法国诺曼底附近小村庄的美女，二次世界大战后为了远离父母惨死的故乡，混在美国军舰里偷渡到爱尔兰。生下不知父亲是谁的侏儒小…

Peter Clifford, a young Catholic priest from Manchester, is transferred to the village of Ballykissangel, Ireland, and is taken by the dry-humored publican Assumpta Fitzgerald who has almost the exact opposite of his goo…