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001			on1430990396
003			OCoLC
005			20240507095201.0
008			240423s2024 nyu e 000 1 eng
010			_a 2023046729
040			_aDLC _beng _erda _cJTA _dOCLCO _dJAS _dMWD _dRNL _dNFG
020			_a9781476785110 _q(hardcover)
020			_a1476785112 _q(hardcover)
035			_a(OCoLC)1430990396
043			_an-us-ny
092			_aTOIBIN, _bCOLM
049			_aNFGA
100	1		_aTóibín, Colm, _d1955- _eauthor. _975048
245	1	0	_aLong Island : _ba novel / _cColm Tóibín.
250			_aFirst Scribner hardcover edition.
264		1	_aNew York : _bScribner, _c2024.
300			_a294 pages ; _c24 cm.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
490	0		_aEilis Lacey ; _v2
500			_a"Oprah's Book Club 2024"--Dust jacket.
520			_a"Eilis Lacey is Irish, married to Tony Fiorello, one of four Italian American brothers, all of whom live in neighboring houses on a cul-de-sac in Lindenhurst, Long Island, with their wives and children and Tony's parents, a huge extended family that lives and works, eats and plays together. It is the spring of 1976 and Eilis, now in her forties with two teenage children, has no one to rely on in this still-new country. Though her ties to the town in Ireland where she grew up remain stronger than those that hold her to her new land and home, she has not returned in decades. One day, when Tony is at his job, an Irishman comes to the door asking for her by name. He tells her that his wife is pregnant with Tony's child, and that when the baby is born, he will not raise it but instead will deposit it on Eilis's doorstep. It is what Eilis does--and what she refuses to do--in response to this stunning news that makes Tóibín's novel so riveting. Long Island is about longings unfulfilled, even unrecognized. The silences in Eilis's life are thunderous and dangerous, and there's no one defter than Tóibín at giving them language. This is a gorgeous story of a woman alone in a marriage and the deepest of bonds she rekindles on her return to the place and people she left behind, to ways of living and loving she thought she'd lost. Eilis is perhaps Tóibín's most moving and unforgettable character, and this novel is a masterpiece"-- _cProvided by publisher.
650		0	_aFamilies _vFiction. _93570
650		0	_aAdultery _vFiction. _953950
650		0	_aSecrecy _vFiction.
650		0	_aUnplanned pregnancy _vFiction. _9400107
650		0	_aIrish _zUnited States _vFiction. _960504
651		0	_aLindenhurst (N.Y.) _vFiction.
651		0	_aLong Island (N.Y.) _vFiction. _961822
655		7	_aHistorical fiction. _2lcgft _9683
655		7	_aDomestic fiction. _2lcgft _93574
655		7	_aNovels. _2lcgft _92408
994			_aC0 _bNFG
999			_c379587 _d379587