Watkins vividly portrays his eccentric and richly colloquial family, his vibrant Irish man, whose 'hand is on the tiller,' as the head of the household; his principled but stout-loving Welsh dad, who dances a jig to escape from the fairies; an uncle who gets the 'heebie-jeebies' from round food; and his lovely Grandda, who has a 'generous supply of Celtic songs and tall stories for all occasions.' ...