At the heart of And One Fine Morning lies the story of the heart attack, failed recovery and death of Mark Hayes, the author's father, in the mid-1950s, when he was at the height of his career as one of Minnesota's most successful modernist architects. It is also the story of the "Minnesota Irish" who emigrated from Ireland during the Great Hunger. In a voice that is whimsical, comical, ironic and heart-rending, Hayes describes post-war life in a Catholic and Irish American community.