The Miracle Club

The four lead characters are White women of differing ages, from late 20s to late 80s. While gender roles are reinforced within their home -- in terms of the men either working or going to the pub and the women cooking and cleaning -- all four women show independence and buck against their husbands wishes in taking a trip to Lourdes. The husbands are shown to struggle with domestic duties on their own, poking fun at their inability to exist without their wives. Religious references throughout; the central characters go on a pilgrimage to Lourdes that's organized through their local Catholic church.

Mention of a person drowned at sea, with the implication it may have been suicide. Reference to the death of a mother and a son. Funeral with coffin lowered into ground. Reference to lump in breast and possibility of cancer. Passing mention of smacking a child. Reference to miscarriage and abortion.

Language includes "feckers," "shite," "bastard," "bollocks," "bloody," "hell," "arse," "bleedin'," and "Christ on a bike." The British slang "shagging" is heard and "Jesus" is used as an exclamation.

Characters smoke cigarettes and drink alcohol -- once to the point of mild intoxication. Prescription benzodiazepines taken by a character and seen in a medicine cabinet alongside other medication.