‘Cards into the Intemperance’ finds out a continuation into the ‘Speaking/Perhaps not Speaking’, the 3rd essay regarding the collection, where in actuality the household members while the a place try below test. Departing of their personal experience since children out of split mothers over the past decades away from 20th-century Ireland, Oak will bring toward fore the public tension to steadfastly keep up appearance and you can preserve the traditional concept of the fresh Irish family members.