A Ceremony of Innocence by Edmund Gubbins

Two brothers are at home on holiday with their family much to the delight of their mother. It was the firsts time they had been at home together for several years. Their father is the union convener at the local shipyard and he leads the workers a out on strike against the proposed redundancies at the same time as the brothers arrive home. Though on the surface both brothers support their father, below the surface their simmers a stew of disagreement.
 Mark, the elder brother, is home fresh from months at sea as a ships officer and refuses to compromise his upwardly mobiles lifestyle with his friends for the sake of family harmony. He lives for the moment and grabs any chance of happiness.
Jim the younger brother has freshly graduated from university. He supports his father with a passion and without question.
During the summer holidays can the brothers find a way to compromise their positions and fulfil their mother's wish for a happy few weeks while they are all together? Will their rigid positions boil over into anger and open conflict and the threat of family break up?