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A tender novel full of what ifs and if onlys, but never overly sentimental. Toibin’s prose is simple and visual, his dialogue taut and real; this novel is full of delicate moments within the breakdown and rediscovery of relationships. I was so looking forward to reading this and I wasn’t disappointed. Sally
A man with an Irish accent knocks on Eilis Fiorello’s door on Long Island. In that moment, everything changes.
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 all those years ago? Is it too late now to take a different path?