03383cam a2200505 i 4500 1430990396 MeVbMML 20240530122212.0 240423s2024 nyu e 000 1 eng 2023046729 9781476785110 (hardcover) 1476785112 (hardcover) (OCoLC)1430990396 AJM n-us-ny 823/.914 23/eng/20231030 T566 .l Tóibín, Colm, 1955- author 17282 Long Island : a novel / Colm Tóibín First Scribner hardcover edition New York : Scribner, 2024 294 pages ; 24 cm text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier "Oprah's Book Club 2024"--Dust jacket "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"-- Provided by publisher Families Fiction 5980 Adultery Fiction 6142 Secrecy Fiction 5925 Unplanned pregnancy Fiction 17311 Irish United States Fiction 10360 Familles (CaQQLa)201-0076848 Romans, nouvelles, etc. (CaQQLa)201-0377299 11428 Secret (CaQQLa)201-0027042 Romans, nouvelles, etc. (CaQQLa)201-0377299 12938 Grossesse non désirée (CaQQLa)201-0004147 Romans, nouvelles, etc. (CaQQLa)201-0377299 17312 Lindenhurst (N.Y.) Fiction 17313 Long Island (N.Y.) Fiction. sears 13690 Historical fiction. lcgft 129 Domestic fiction. lcgft 61 Novels. lcgft 50 Romans. rvmgf (CaQQLa)RVMGF-000000475 10426 Online version: Tóibín, Colm, 1955- Long Island First Scribner hardcover edition. New York : Scribner, 2024 9781476785134 (DLC) 2023046730 .b188696714 ddc BOOK 29708 29708 ddc 0 0 ABELJ ABELJ AF 2024-05-30 28.00 0 TOIB 66199 2024-05-30 2024-05-30 BOOK 1