Long Island /
by Toibin, Colm.
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BookPublisher: London : Picador, 2024Description: 287 pages ; 25 cm.ISBN: 9781035029440 (hbk.) :; 1035029448 (hbk.) :.Subject(s): Irish -- New York (State) -- Long Island -- Fiction | General | General Fiction | Modern & contemporary fiction | Fiction: special features | Long Island (N.Y.) -- FictionSummary: A man with an Irish accent knocks on Eilis Fiorello's door on Long Island and in that moment everything changes. Eilis and Tony have built a secure, happy life here since leaving Brooklyn - perhaps a little stifled by the in-laws so close, but twenty years married and with two children looking towards a good future. And yet this stranger will reveal something that will make Eilis question the life she has created. For the first time in years she suddenly feels very far from home and the revelation will see her turn towards Ireland once again. Back to her mother. Back to the town and the people she had chosen to leave behind. Did she make the wrong choice marrying Tony all those years ago? Is it too late now to take a different path?
| Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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| Book - Adult Hardback | Crosby Library | Adult Fiction | Checked out | 18/10/2024 | 003122420X | |||
| Book - Adult Hardback | Crosby Library | Adult Fiction | On hold | 003121962X | 1 | |||
| Book - Adult Hardback | Southport Library | Adult Fiction | Checked out | 29/10/2024 | 003121961X | |||
| Book - Adult Hardback | Crosby Library | Adult Fiction | Checked out | 30/10/2024 | 003121960X | |||
| Book - Adult Hardback | Formby Library | Adult Fiction | In transit from Formby Library to Southport Library since 12/10/2024 | 003122419X | 1 | |||
| Book - Adult Hardback | Maghull Library | Adult Fiction | On hold | 003122866X | 1 | |||
| Book - Adult Hardback | Southport Library | Adult Fiction | Checked out | 22/10/2024 | 003121959X |
A man with an Irish accent knocks on Eilis Fiorello's door on Long Island and in that moment everything changes. Eilis and Tony have built a secure, happy life here since leaving Brooklyn - perhaps a little stifled by the in-laws so close, but twenty years married and with two children looking towards a good future. And yet this stranger will reveal something that will make Eilis question the life she has created. For the first time in years she suddenly feels very far from home and the revelation will see her turn towards Ireland once again. Back to her mother. Back to the town and the people she had chosen to leave behind. Did she make the wrong choice marrying Tony all those years ago? Is it too late now to take a different path?
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