Long Island: a novel
(Book)
Author:
Published:
New York, NY : Scribner, 2024.
Format:
Book
Edition:
First Scribner hardcover edition.
Physical Desc:
294 pages ; 24 cm
Status:
Description
* OPRAH’S BOOK CLUB PICK * INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER *
* NAMED A BEST BOOK OF 2024 BY TIME MAGAZINE, THE NEW YORKER, WASHINGTON POST, VULTURE, GLAMOUR, FRESH AIR, NPR, THE GUARDIAN, THE ECONOMIST, THE TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT, THE TIMES (London), THE IRISH TIMES, THE NEW STATESMAN, THE INDEPENDENT, THE OBSERVER, and more *
“Stunning.” —People * “Dazzling yet devastating...Tóibín is simply one of the world’s best living literary writers.” —The Boston Globe * “Momentous and hugely affecting.” —The Wall Street Journal *
From the beloved, critically acclaimed, bestselling author comes a spectacularly moving novel featuring Eilis Lacey, the complex and enigmatic heroine of Brooklyn, Tóibín’s most popular work in twenty years.
Eilis Lacey is Irish, married to Tony Fiorello, a plumber and 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. It is the spring of 1976 and Eilis is now forty with two teenage children. Though her ties to Ireland 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 work an Irishman comes to the door asking for Eilis 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 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 and suspenseful.
Long Island is a gorgeous story “about a woman thrashing against the constraints of fate” (Maureen Corrigan, Fresh Air). It is “a wonder, rich with yearning and regret” (Star Tribune, Minneapolis).
* NAMED A BEST BOOK OF 2024 BY TIME MAGAZINE, THE NEW YORKER, WASHINGTON POST, VULTURE, GLAMOUR, FRESH AIR, NPR, THE GUARDIAN, THE ECONOMIST, THE TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT, THE TIMES (London), THE IRISH TIMES, THE NEW STATESMAN, THE INDEPENDENT, THE OBSERVER, and more *
“Stunning.” —People * “Dazzling yet devastating...Tóibín is simply one of the world’s best living literary writers.” —The Boston Globe * “Momentous and hugely affecting.” —The Wall Street Journal *
From the beloved, critically acclaimed, bestselling author comes a spectacularly moving novel featuring Eilis Lacey, the complex and enigmatic heroine of Brooklyn, Tóibín’s most popular work in twenty years.
Eilis Lacey is Irish, married to Tony Fiorello, a plumber and 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. It is the spring of 1976 and Eilis is now forty with two teenage children. Though her ties to Ireland 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 work an Irishman comes to the door asking for Eilis 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 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 and suspenseful.
Long Island is a gorgeous story “about a woman thrashing against the constraints of fate” (Maureen Corrigan, Fresh Air). It is “a wonder, rich with yearning and regret” (Star Tribune, Minneapolis).
Copies
Location
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Status
Last Check-In
Ashland Adult Fiction
TOIBIN
Available
Dec 6, 2024
Bayfield Adult Fiction
FIC TOI
Available
Oct 24, 2024
Boulder Junction Adult Fiction
FIC TOI
Available
Nov 6, 2024
Cable Adult Fiction
FIC TOI EL#2
Available
Dec 10, 2024
Grantsburg Adult Fiction
TOIBIN
On Holdshelf
Hayward Adult And Young Adult Fiction
TOI
Available
Dec 26, 2024
Lac Courte Oreilles Adult Fiction
FICTION TOIBIN
Available
Aug 5, 2024
Land O Lakes Adult Fiction
FIC TOI (Ellis Lacey #2)
Available
Oct 1, 2024
Presque Isle Adult Fiction
F Toi
Available
Sep 27, 2024
Sayner Adult Fiction
TOIBIN bk 2
Available
Sep 25, 2024
Spooner Adult Fiction
F TOI
Available
Dec 23, 2024
Superior Adult Fiction
NEW FICTION Tóibín, Colm
Due Jan 23, 2025
Washburn Adult Fiction
FIC TOI
Available
Dec 11, 2024
Webster Adult Fiction
FIC TOI HC
Available
Oct 9, 2024
Winter Adult Fiction
F TOI
Available
Oct 23, 2024
More Details
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781476785110, 1476785112
Notes
General Note
"Oprah's Book Club 2024" --cover
Description
"Eilis Lacey is Irish, married to Tony Fiorello, a plumber and 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 Ireland 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 and Eilis is in her home office doing her accounting, 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 deposit it on Eilis's doorstep....[This novel is the] story of a woman alone in a marriage and the deepest 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." --publisher's website
Citations
APA Citation (style guide)
Tóibín, C. (2024). Long Island: a novel. First Scribner hardcover edition. New York, NY, Scribner.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Tóibín, Colm, 1955-. 2024. Long Island: A Novel. New York, NY, Scribner.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Tóibín, Colm, 1955-, Long Island: A Novel. New York, NY, Scribner, 2024.
MLA Citation (style guide)Tóibín, Colm. Long Island: A Novel. First Scribner hardcover edition. New York, NY, Scribner, 2024.
Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.
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